---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-004296"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PURE"
cik: "0001006028"
company_name: "PURE BIOSCIENCE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:21:04.092173+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pure Bioscience shareholders elect seven directors, ratify auditor, approve exec compensation at annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected with between 96.60% and 99.19% of votes cast.
- Ratification of Weinberg & Company as auditor for FY ending July 31, 2023 approved with 99.87% of votes cast.
- Advisory approval of executive compensation passed with 96.84% of votes cast.
- Turnout of 59.23% of outstanding shares (65,965,992 of 111,356,485 shares) represented at the meeting.
- Broker non-votes totaled 11,742,927 shares on director elections and executive compensation proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-004296
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PURE
- cik: 0001006028
- company_name: PURE BIOSCIENCE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+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/1006028/000149315223004296/0001493152-23-004296-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006028/000149315223004296/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PURE BIOSCIENCE, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Weinberg & Company, P.A. as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending July 31, 2023 at the 2023-02-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-08
  source text: (2) Ratification of Auditors. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Weinberg & Company, P.A., with the approval of 99.87% of the votes cast, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023. The following table shows the tabulation of the votes cast For and Against this proposal as well as the Abstentions submitted on this proposal: For Against Abstentions 65,354,828 78,962 532,202
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006028/000149315223004296/0001493152-23-004296-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PURE BIOSCIENCE, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-02-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-08
  source text: (1) Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected each of Tom Y. Lee, CPA, Ivan Chen, Tom Myers, Kristin A. Taylor, David M. Rendall, Robert Bartlett, and Bernard Blotner with the approval of 96.67%, 99.19%, 98.33%, 96.60%, 97.38%, 97.35% and 97.34%, of the votes cast, respectively, to hold office until next year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The following table shows the tabulation of the votes cast For and Withheld with respect to the election of each of the director nominees as well as the Broker Non-Votes submitted for each director nominee: Director For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Tom Y. Lee, CPA 52,417,512 1,805,553 11,742,927 Ivan Chen 53,783,287 439,778 11,742,927 Tom Myers 53,317,145 905,920 11,742,927 Kristin A. Taylor 52,377,326 1,845,739 11,742,927 David M. Rendall 52,804,580 1,418,485 11,742,927 Robert Bartlett 52,786,761 1,436,304 11,742,927 Bernard Blotner 52,782,415 1,440,650 11,742,927
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006028/000149315223004296/0001493152-23-004296-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PURE BIOSCIENCE, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers (say-on-pay) at the 2023-02-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-08
  source text: (3) Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders, on a non-binding, advisory basis, approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with the approval of 96.84% of the votes cast, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The following table shows the tabulation of the votes cast For and Against this proposal as well as the Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes submitted on this proposal: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 49,699,924 1,617,819 2,905,322 11,742,927
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006028/000149315223004296/0001493152-23-004296-index.htm

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