---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-011496"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:16:15.784004+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics annual meeting results: directors elected, say-on-pay approved, Deloitte ratified

## Summary
- Joher Akolawala re-elected with 19,807,338 votes for; James L. Janik re-elected with 18,631,458 votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 19,908,869 for, 142,403 against.
- Stockholders selected 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes; company will hold annual votes.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2023: 21,255,859 for, 5,963 against.
- Broker non-votes: 1,194,247 on director elections and advisory compensation votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-011496
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774923011496/0001437749-23-011496-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774923011496/plow20230426_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Stockholder Votes on Compensation of the Company’s Name Executive Officers at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Stockholder Votes on Compensation of the Company ’ s Name Executive Officers Votes for 1 Year Votes for 2 Years Votes for 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 19,090,734 8,132 965,446 12,858 1,194,247
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774923011496/0001437749-23-011496-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC shareholders approved Election of Two Directors to Terms Expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Election of Two Directors to Terms Expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Name of Nominee Shares Voted For Shares Withheld Broker Non-Votes Joher Akolawala 19,807,338 269,833 1,194,247 James L. Janik 18,631,458 1,445,712 1,194,247
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774923011496/0001437749-23-011496-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Abstentions 21,255,859 5,963 9,596
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774923011496/0001437749-23-011496-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Approval of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Advisory Vote on Approval of the Compensation of the Company ’ s Named Executive Officers Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 19,908,869 142,403 25,898 1,194,247
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774923011496/0001437749-23-011496-index.htm

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