---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-025835"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRD"
cik: "0000039092"
company_name: "FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T18:03:15.165358+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Friedman shareholders elect eight directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor

## Summary
- All eight board nominees elected; four directors each received over 1.5M withheld votes (30-40% of cast).
- Non-binding advisory say-on-pay approved: 4,087,864 for, 55,336 against, 46,561 abstain.
- Moss Adams LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with 5,794,695 for, 15,666 against, 10,443 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-025835
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRD
- cik: 0000039092
- company_name: FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774923025835/0001437749-23-025835-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774923025835/frd20230914_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of eight directors of the Company to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. at the 2023-09-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-13
  source text: On September 13, 2023, Friedman Industries, Incorporated (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the meeting, the shareholders voted on the election of eight directors of the Company to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The eight nominees of the Board of Directors of the Company were elected at the meeting. The number of shares voted for and withheld with respect to each of the nominees were as follows: Nominee Shares Voted For Shares Withheld Michael J. Taylor 4,135,051 54,712 Durga D. Agrawal 2,486,224 1,703,539 Max Reichenthal 2,797,662 1,392,101 Sandy Scott 2,874,347 1,315,416 Joel Spira 2,459,281 1,730,482 Tim Stevenson 2,820,566 1,369,197 Sharon Taylor 2,851,334 1,338,429 Joe L. Williams 2,500,414 1,689,349
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774923025835/0001437749-23-025835-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratify the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. at the 2023-09-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-13
  source text: The shareholders also voted to ratify the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. The number of the shares that were voted for, voted against or abstained from voting on the ratification of the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 are as follows: Shares For 5,794,695 Against 15,666 Abstain 10,443
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39092/000143774923025835/0001437749-23-025835-index.htm

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