---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-024684"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MLAB"
cik: "0000724004"
company_name: "MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/"
filed_at: "2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:46:29.123073+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mesa Labs shareholders approve governance amendments, reject ESG emissions proposal

## Summary
- All director nominees elected: Sullivan, Ladiwala, Alltoft, Hall, Tripeny, Owens.
- Amended articles to remove specific purposes and expand director exculpation approved.
- Say-on-pay approved with 4.4M for vs 189K against.
- Amendment to 2021 Equity Incentive Plan approved (4.6M for).
- Shareholder proposal for GHG Scope 1-3 reporting rejected: 3.3M against, 1.3M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-024684
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MLAB
- cik: 0000724004
- company_name: MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/
- filed_at: 2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774923024684/0001437749-23-024684-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774923024684/mlab20230824c_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/: Shareholders approved and adopted Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to remove specific purposes, amend director exculpation provisions, and make non-substantive amendments (effective 2023-08-25).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-08-25
  source text: the shareholders approved and adopted amended and restated articles of incorporation of the Company (the “Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation”) to: remove the specific purposes of the Company, amend the director exculpation provisions, and make certain non-substantive amendments to eliminate provisions that are no longer necessary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774923024684/0001437749-23-024684-index.htm

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