---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-024847"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYAN"
cik: "0000768408"
company_name: "CYANOTECH CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:39:51.635927+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cyanotech shareholders elect all five director nominees at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Directors elected (votes for): Michael A. Davis 3,123,875; Angela M. McElwee 3,124,761; David M. Mulder 3,141,474; David L. Vied 3,125,874; Matthew K. Custer 3,128,978.
- Say-on-pay approval passed: 3,075,695 for, 439,663 against, 38,281 abstentions.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor approved: 4,385,284 for, 176,329 against, 140,820 abstentions.
- Board appointed Michael A. Davis as Chairman; independent directors: McElwee, Mulder, Vied.
- Audit Committee: Mulder (Chair), McElwee, Vied; Compensation Committee: Vied (Chair), Davis, Mulder.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-024847
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYAN
- cik: 0000768408
- company_name: CYANOTECH CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774923024847/0001437749-23-024847-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774923024847/cyan20230825_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CYANOTECH CORP shareholders approved Election of five nominees to the Board of Directors at the 2023-08-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-24
  source text: To elect five directors among the nominees named in the proxy statement. Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael A. Davis 3,123,875 429,764 1,148,794 Angela M. McElwee 3,124,761 428,878 1,148,794 David M. Mulder 3,141,474 412,165 1,148,794 David L. Vied 3,125,874 427,765 1,148,794 Matthew K. Custer 3,128,978 424,661 1,148,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774923024847/0001437749-23-024847-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CYANOTECH CORP shareholders approved Approval of the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-08-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-24
  source text: To approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 3,075,695 439,663 38,281 1,148,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774923024847/0001437749-23-024847-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CYANOTECH CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 at the 2023-08-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-24
  source text: To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 4,385,284 176,329 140,820 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774923024847/0001437749-23-024847-index.htm

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