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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-023432"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATER"
cik: "0001757715"
company_name: "Aterian, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T11:59:28.052409+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aterian stockholders approve reverse stock split up to 1-for-30; directors elected

## Summary
- Reverse stock split proposal passed: 25,933,757 for, 8,117,347 against, 138,351 abstentions.
- Board authorized to effect split within 1-for-2 to 1-for-30 range before 2024 annual meeting.
- Bari A. Harlam and William Kurtz elected as Class I directors with majorities (12.7M and 11.7M for).
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for fiscal 2023: 32.2M for, 1.1M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-023432
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATER
- cik: 0001757715
- company_name: Aterian, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000143774923023432/0001437749-23-023432-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000143774923023432/ater20230811_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Aterian, Inc. shareholders approved To approve the election of Bari A. Harlam and William Kurtz as Class I Directors to serve until our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. at the 2023-08-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-11
  source text: Proposal No. 1: To approve the election of Bari A. Harlam and William Kurtz as Class I Directors to serve until our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-votes Bari A. Harlam 12,661,655 2,350,503 19,177,297 William Kurtz 11,742,618 3,269,540 19,177,297
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000143774923023432/0001437749-23-023432-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Aterian, Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 203. at the 2023-08-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-11
  source text: Proposal No. 4: To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 203. For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 32,189,897 1,083,964 915,594 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000143774923023432/0001437749-23-023432-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Aterian, Inc. shareholders approved To grant discretionary authority to our Board to (A) amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect one or more consolidations of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock at the 2023-08-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: reverse split
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-11
  source text: Proposal No. 2: To grant discretionary authority to our Board to (A) amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect one or more consolidations of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock would be combined and reclassified at ratios within the range from 1-for-2 up to 1-for-30 (the “ Reverse Stock Split ”) and (B) determine whether to arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by stockholders entitled thereto, to pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share of Common Stock as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or to entitle stockholders to receive from our transfer agent, in lieu of any fractional share, the number of shares of Common Stock rounded up to the next whole number, and to amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in connection therewith, provided that any Reverse Stock Split m
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000143774923023432/0001437749-23-023432-index.htm

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