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Shares For Shares Against Abstentions Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024 174,085,618 6,520,218 333,762 The proposal was approved, having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal","comparable_evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000059/0000067716-24-000059-index.htm"}},{"accession":"0000071829-24-000058","ticker":"NPKI","company_name":"NPK International Inc.","filed_at":"2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00","headline":"Newpark Resources shareholders approve officer liability limit; eliminate preferred stock series","event_type":"other","sec_items":["5.03","5.07","9.01"],"materiality_score":0.15,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.15,"match_reasons":["same fact type: shareholder_vote","same SEC item: 5.07, 9.01","same event type: other","similar materiality"],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-24-000058","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-24-000058.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-24-000058.md","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182924000058/0000071829-24-000058-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182924000058/nr-20240516.htm"},"side_by_side_evidence":{"fact_type":"shareholder_vote","source_excerpt":"Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent registered public accounting firm: Voting to ratify Grassi Co. 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