---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-015906"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UONE"
cik: "0001041657"
company_name: "URBAN ONE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T11:42:32.174465+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Urban One shareholders elect all six board nominees, ratify E&Y as auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Class A directors Terry L. Jones and Brian W. McNeill elected with ~1.86M votes for each; ~1.37M withheld; ~3.07M non-votes.
- Class B directors Catherine L. Hughes, Alfred C. Liggins, B. Doyle Mitchell, D. Geoffrey Armstrong elected with 30.2M to 31.7M votes for; non-votes ~3.07M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2023 passed with 34,670,366 for, 29,781 against, 214,237 abstained.
- Total votes possible were 38,472,112; meeting held September 14, 2023, results reported September 20, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-015906
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UONE
- cik: 0001041657
- company_name: URBAN ONE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041657/000155837023015906/0001558370-23-015906-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041657/000155837023015906/uone-20230914x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  URBAN ONE, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst and Young, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-09-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-14
  source text: Ratification of Ernst and Young, LLP as Urban One's independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041657/000155837023015906/0001558370-23-015906-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  URBAN ONE, INC. shareholders approved Election of Terry L. Jones and Brian W. McNeill as Class A directors at the 2023-09-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-14
  source text: The election of Terry L. Jones and Brian W. McNeill as Class A directors to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041657/000155837023015906/0001558370-23-015906-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  URBAN ONE, INC. shareholders approved Election of Catherine L. Hughes, Alfred C. Liggins, III, B. Doyle Mitchell and D. Geoffrey Armstrong as Class B directors at the 2023-09-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-14
  source text: The election of Catherine L. Hughes, Alfred C. Liggins, III, B. Doyle Mitchell and D. Geoffrey Armstrong as Class B directors to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041657/000155837023015906/0001558370-23-015906-index.htm

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