---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-016579"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:30:36.229663+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse annual meeting results: directors elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay passed

## Summary
- Directors elected: Mark B. Segall (1,061,338 for, 307,055 withheld), Eric Nowling (1,356,926 for, 11,467 withheld), David J. Valletta (1,367,748 for, 645 withheld).
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor for 2024 approved with 1,662,415 for, 8 against, 1,341 abstentions.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 1,353,089 for, 13,966 against, 1,338 abstentions, 295,371 broker non-votes.
- GAMCO's voting rights on 361,538 shares suspended per protective provisions; 1,772,342 Class A shares eligible to vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-016579
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924016579/0001437749-24-016579-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924016579/belfb20240507_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BEL FUSE INC /NJ shareholders approved Election of three directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: The election of three persons, named in the proxy statement, to serve as directors for three-year terms. The following is a list of the directors elected at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes For and Withheld, as well as the number of Broker Non-Votes: Name For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Mark B. Segall 1,061,338 307,055 295,371 Eric Nowling 1,356,926 11,467 295,371 David J. Valletta 1,367,748 645 295,371
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924016579/0001437749-24-016579-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BEL FUSE INC /NJ shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor for 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: The ratification of the designation of Grant Thornton LLP to audit the Company's books and accounts for 2024. This proposal was approved by the following votes (there were no Broker Non-Votes): For Against Abstentions 1,662,415 8 1,341
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924016579/0001437749-24-016579-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BEL FUSE INC /NJ shareholders approved Advisory approval of executive compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: The approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the proxy statement. This proposal was approved by the following votes: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 1,353,089 13,966 1,338 295,371
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924016579/0001437749-24-016579-index.htm

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