---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-016592"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REFR"
cik: "0000793524"
company_name: "RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC"
filed_at: "2022-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T02:34:22.330467+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Board member Graham Settle retires; A. Kaganowicz elected director, auditor ratified

## Summary
- Director William Graham Settle retired effective June 13, 2022; he chaired Compensation & Stock Option Committee.
- Alexander Kaganowicz elected as Class II director: 6,497,499 for, 1,032,961 withheld, 12,087,771 broker non-votes.
- CohnReznick LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2022: 18,764,704 for, 436,108 against, 417,419 abstain.
- Settle will continue to serve on the company’s Advisory Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-016592
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REFR
- cik: 0000793524
- company_name: RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC
- filed_at: 2022-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315222016592/0001493152-22-016592-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315222016592/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-016592.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Graham Settle retired as Board member at RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Board member
  source text: Research Frontiers Inc. announced today the retirement of Board member William Graham Settle effective June 13, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315222016592/0001493152-22-016592-index.htm

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