---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001482981-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COCO"
cik: "0001482981"
company_name: "Vita Coco Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:53:41.943199+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vita Coco stockholders elect three Class I directors and ratify Deloitte as auditor

## Summary
- Michael Kirban, John Leahy, Kenneth Sadowsky elected as Class I directors with strong majority votes.
- Kirban received 39.4M for, 0.97M withheld; Leahy 40.2M for, 0.15M withheld; Sadowsky 34.8M for, 5.5M withheld.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor approved with 44.8M votes for, 0.16M against.
- Approximately 80.0% of voting power represented at the meeting (44.98M shares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001482981-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COCO
- cik: 0001482981
- company_name: Vita Coco Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298123000070/0001482981-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298123000070/coco-20230607.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Vita Coco Company, Inc. shareholders approved Election of three Class I directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Item 1 — Election of three Class I directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. FOR WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTE Michael Kirban 39,423,456 966,144 4,591,384 John Leahy 40,243,820 145,780 4,591,384 Kenneth Sadowsky 34,845,963 5,543,637 4,591,384
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298123000070/0001482981-23-000070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vita Coco Company, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Item 2 — Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Votes FOR Vote AGAINST Votes ABSTAINED Broker Non-Votes 44,812,117 164,320 4,547 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298123000070/0001482981-23-000070-index.htm

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