---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-000778"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZTA"
cik: "0000933974"
company_name: "Azenta, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:14:01.632089+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Azenta stockholders elect all director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify PwC at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Frank Casal got 60.1M for, 277k withhold; Ellen Zane got 56.4M for, 4.0M withhold.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 59.6M for, 0.76M against, 35.9k abstain.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for FY2023 passed: 63.4M for, 19.7k against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 3.03M on director elections and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-000778
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZTA
- cik: 0000933974
- company_name: Azenta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023000778/0001558370-23-000778-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023000778/azta-20230131x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Azenta, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-01-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-31
  source text: The stockholders elected each of the Company’s nominees for director; approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023000778/0001558370-23-000778-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Azenta, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-01-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-31
  source text: The stockholders elected each of the Company’s nominees for director; approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023000778/0001558370-23-000778-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Azenta, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-01-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-31
  source text: The stockholders elected each of the Company’s nominees for director; approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837023000778/0001558370-23-000778-index.htm

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