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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-023902"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:15:39.057130+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Battery Technology holds annual meeting; elects directors and ratifies KPMG

## Summary
- Shareholders elected five directors: Melsert, Lowery, Lee, Fezell, Balakrishnan.
- Ryan Melsert received 24.1M votes for; 773,578 withheld; 42.7M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2026 with 66.0M votes for, 738k against.
- Quorum of 67.6M shares (57.2% of outstanding) present out of 118.0M shares.
- Company furnished annual meeting presentation (Exhibit 99.1) but content not detailed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-023902
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315225023902/0001493152-25-023902-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315225023902/form8-k.htm

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