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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-015734"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMS"
cik: "0000744825"
company_name: "AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES"
filed_at: "2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:47:01.501855+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Shared Hospital Services annual meeting: all director nominees elected, bylaw amendment approved

## Summary
- Ernest A. Bates, M.D. re-elected with 3,216,088 votes for, 174,560 withheld; broker non-votes 1,341,605.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 3,133,004 for, 87,579 against, 170,065 abstained, 1,341,605 broker non-votes.
- Bylaw amendment to reduce min/max directors approved: 3,417,259 for, 224,068 against, 2,532 abstained, 1,088,394 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of independent auditor Crowe LLP approved: 4,469,686 for, 262,015 against, 552 abstained, 0 broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-015734
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMS
- cik: 0000744825
- company_name: AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES
- filed_at: 2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/744825/000143774922015734/0001437749-22-015734-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/744825/000143774922015734/asha20220621_8k.htm

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