---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-014964"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JSDA"
cik: "0001083522"
company_name: "JONES SODA CO."
filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:10:50.003845+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jones Soda shareholders elect five directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Murray, Norman, Reichman, Sirkin, Bronstein with >12M votes each; ~21.3M broker non-votes.
- Advisory vote on 2022 named executive officer compensation approved: 13.4M for, 948k against, 431k abstentions.
- Ratification of Armanino LLP as independent auditor for FY2023 passed: 33.5M for, 668k against, 1.9M abstentions.
- No other material matters were submitted to shareholders at the May 15, 2023 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-014964
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JSDA
- cik: 0001083522
- company_name: JONES SODA CO.
- filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923014964/0001437749-23-014964-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923014964/jsda20230517_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  JONES SODA CO. shareholders approved Election of five directors to serve for a one-year term to expire at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: The Company’s shareholders elected the following five directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923014964/0001437749-23-014964-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JONES SODA CO. shareholders approved Ratification of Armanino LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Armanino LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 was approved based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923014964/0001437749-23-014964-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JONES SODA CO. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the Company’s 2022 named executive officer compensation at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s 2022 named executive officer compensation was approved based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923014964/0001437749-23-014964-index.htm

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