---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-014613"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYPR"
cik: "0000864240"
company_name: "SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T01:55:32.156292+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sypris shareholders re-elect directors and approve advisory compensation vote at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- William G. Ferko re-elected with 10.95M for, 1.52M against; Jeffrey T. Gill with 12.33M for, 146k against.
- Advisory 'say-on-pay' resolution approved, 12.26M for, 196k against, 33.7k abstain.
- Meeting held May 11, 2023; 22.20M shares outstanding as of record date March 20, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-014613
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYPR
- cik: 0000864240
- company_name: SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774923014613/0001437749-23-014613-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774923014613/sypr20230512_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation. The stockholders of the Company approved an advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774923014613/0001437749-23-014613-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Election of Directors. The stockholders of the Company elected each of the Class III director nominees proposed by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864240/000143774923014613/0001437749-23-014613-index.htm

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