---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-038258"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTSI"
cik: "0001085243"
company_name: "VirTra, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:48:02.270159+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VirTra shareholders elect all five board nominees, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Ferris (3.2M for), Givens (3.4M), Brown (2.2M), Johnson (2.7M), McDonnell (3.2M).
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 2.8M for, 572K against, 94K abstain.
- Ratification of Haynie & Company as independent auditor for FY2023 approved: 6.1M for, 50K against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 2,648,995 for director election and say-on-pay proposals.
- Annual meeting held October 23, 2023; results reported on Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-038258
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTSI
- cik: 0001085243
- company_name: VirTra, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085243/000149315223038258/0001493152-23-038258-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085243/000149315223038258/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  VirTra, Inc shareholders approved Ratification of the Company’s Independent Auditors at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of Haynie & Company as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, in accordance with the voting results listed below. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 6,089,280 50,942 4,691 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085243/000149315223038258/0001493152-23-038258-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VirTra, Inc shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Each of the following five nominees was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, in accordance with the voting results listed below, to serve for a term of one year, until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and have qualified. Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Robert D. Ferris 3,202,527 293,391 2,648,995 John F. Givens II 3,431,973 63,945 2,648,995 Jeffrey D. Brown 2,196,472 1,299,446 2,648,995 Gregg C.E. Johnson 2,712,290 783,628 2,648,995 James P. McDonnell 3,164,576 331,342 2,648,995
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085243/000149315223038258/0001493152-23-038258-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VirTra, Inc shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Stockholders approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 2,828,504 572,702 94,712 2,648,995
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1085243/000149315223038258/0001493152-23-038258-index.htm

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