---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-23-009019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCHT"
cik: "0000728385"
company_name: "Birchtech Corp."
filed_at: "2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T16:36:25.318085+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect four directors, ratify auditor, approve equity plans at annual meeting

## Summary
- All four director nominees elected with >49M votes for each; broker non-votes ~20.8M.
- Ratification of RRBB as independent auditor approved: 70.3M for, 206k against, 177k abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 48.3M for, 1.1M against, 456k abstain.
- Amended 2014 and 2017 equity incentive plans approved: 48.4M for, 1.1M against, 424k abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-23-009019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCHT
- cik: 0000728385
- company_name: Birchtech Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223009019/0001477932-23-009019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223009019/meec_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Birchtech Corp. shareholders approved Approval of Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-12-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-05
  source text: Proposal 4: The Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and the Company’s Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 48,367,529 1,129,492 424,701 20,798,344
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223009019/0001477932-23-009019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Birchtech Corp. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-12-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-05
  source text: Proposal 3: The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation paid to the named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 48,346,706 1,118,505 456,511 20,798,344
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223009019/0001477932-23-009019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Birchtech Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A. as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-12-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-05
  source text: Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 70,336,011 206,848 177,207 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223009019/0001477932-23-009019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Birchtech Corp. shareholders approved Election of four directors at the 2023-12-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-05
  source text: Proposal 1: The four nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected to serve as directors of the Company until their successors are elected and qualified or the earlier of their resignation or removal, by the votes set forth in the table below: Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Richard MacPherson 49,587,282 334,440 20,798,344 Christopher Greenberg 48,997,679 924,043 20,798,344 David M. Kaye 49,119,054 802,668 20,798,344 Troy Grant 49,018,754 902,968 20,798,344
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728385/000147793223009019/0001477932-23-009019-index.htm

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