---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-017493"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JSDA"
cik: "0001083522"
company_name: "JONES SODA CO."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T14:23:35.682373+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jones Soda shareholders elect directors, approve executive compensation and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Re-elected five directors: Mark Murray, Paul Norman, Gregg Reichman, Clive Sirkin, Ronald Dissinger.
- Advisory vote on 2023 named executive officer compensation passed with 18.35M for, 3.34M against.
- Ratified Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs as independent auditor for FY2024 with 39.57M for.
- Broker non-votes: 19.73M on director election and say-on-pay, none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-017493
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JSDA
- cik: 0001083522
- company_name: JONES SODA CO.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1083522/000143774924017493/0001437749-24-017493-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774924017493/jsda20240516_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 041ce70a8386d0f9740f0fcc4e226a678ba127f4
  claim: JONES SODA CO. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the Company’s 2023 named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s 2023 named executive officer compensation was approved based on the following votes: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 18,351,142 3,337,232 257,577 19,733,569
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774924017493/0001437749-24-017493-index.htm
- claim_id: 493c5cae09725ecee93d86ca8c613709a507fd3a
  claim: JONES SODA CO. shareholders approved Election of five directors to serve for a one-year term to expire at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The Company’s shareholders elected the following five directors to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified based on the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774924017493/0001437749-24-017493-index.htm
- claim_id: c4e3aa6394276ffbf11d8409b5a3cad70d2a945e
  claim: JONES SODA CO. shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 The proposal to ratify the appointment of Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 was approved based on the following votes: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 39,566,886 315,772 1,796,862 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774924017493/0001437749-24-017493-index.htm

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