---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-020233"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CETX"
cik: "0001435064"
company_name: "CEMTREX INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T19:51:59.662278+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cemtrex shareholders elect four directors and ratify auditor at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All four director nominees (Saagar Govil, Brian Kwon, Manpreet Singh, Mitodi Filipov) elected with >12M votes each.
- Ratification of Grassi Co. as independent auditor for FY ending Sep 30, 2024 approved with 13.9M votes for, 36.6K against.
- Quorum of 86.7% achieved: 14.0M of 16.2M total voting shares represented at the meeting.
- Broker non-votes on director elections amounted to 1.25M shares; Saagar Govil controls 10.6M Series C Preferred votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-020233
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CETX
- cik: 0001435064
- company_name: CEMTREX INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1435064/000149315224020233/0001493152-24-020233-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1435064/000149315224020233/form8-k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3071403872afb2c4fd107f83f0f172a828824d66
  claim: CEMTREX INC shareholders approved Ratification of Grassi Co. Certified Public Accountants as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent registered public accounting firm: Voting to ratify Grassi Co. Certified Public Accountants as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024: ● For: 13,941,365 ● Against: 36,602 ● Abstain; 38,860
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1435064/000149315224020233/0001493152-24-020233-index.htm
- claim_id: ffda2844ce3b6dab06071b7c6f730f1da419a97a
  claim: CEMTREX INC shareholders approved Election of four nominees to the Board of Directors at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 – Voting to elect four nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for a one-year term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified: Number of Votes Nominee For Abstain Broker Non-Votes Saagar Govil 12,247,618 519,657 1,249,552
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1435064/000149315224020233/0001493152-24-020233-index.htm

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