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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-020853"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REFR"
cik: "0000793524"
company_name: "RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:22:39.263325+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Research Frontiers annual meeting results: all proposals passed including director election and say-on-pay

## Summary
- Darryl Daigle elected as Class III director with 5,674,641 votes for; 13,279,091 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of CohnReznick LLP as auditor: 20,648,121 for, 511,681 against.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved: 6,917,810 for, 819,624 against.
- Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay favored 1-year (4,399,239 votes), setting annual vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-020853
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REFR
- cik: 0000793524
- company_name: RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315223020853/0001493152-23-020853-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315223020853/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: For the non-binding vote approving the Company’s executive compensation, 6,917,810 shares were voted in favor of approval, 819,624 shares were voted against approval, 257,391 shares abstained from voting, and 13,279,091 shares were Broker Non-Votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315223020853/0001493152-23-020853-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC shareholders approved Election of Darryl Daigle as a Class III Director at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: For the election of Darryl Daigle as a Class III member of the Company’s Board of Directors, 5,674,641 shares voted in favor of election, 2,320,184 shares were withheld, and 13,279,091 shares were Broker Non-Votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315223020853/0001493152-23-020853-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as independent registered accountants at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: For the ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as independent registered accountants of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, 20,648,121, shares were voted in favor of appointment, 511,681 shares were voted against appointment, and 114,114 shares abstained from voting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315223020853/0001493152-23-020853-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RESEARCH FRONTIERS INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: For the non-binding vote approving the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation, 3,001,641 shares were voted in favor of a three year frequency, 259,243 shares were voted in favor of a two year frequency, 4,399,239 shares were voted in favor of a one year frequency, 334,702 shares abstained from voting, and 13,279,091 shares were Broker Non-Votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793524/000149315223020853/0001493152-23-020853-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.