---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-000691"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZTA"
cik: "0000933974"
company_name: "Azenta, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:35:43.040381+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Azenta shareholders elect all 9 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify PwC at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with support ranging from 47.2M to 49.9M votes.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved (49.1M for, 0.9M against).
- Shareholders recommended a 1-year frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for fiscal 2024 passed with 52.2M votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-000691
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZTA
- cik: 0000933974
- company_name: Azenta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837024000691/0001558370-24-000691-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837024000691/azta-20240130x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-000691.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Azenta, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-30
  source text: 1. Election of Directors Nominees For Withold Broker Non-Votes Edward Bousa 48,072,463 2,061,389 2,276,501 Frank E. Casal 48,503,942 1,629,910 2,276,501 Robyn C. Davis 49,082,282 1,051,570 2,276,501 Didier Hirsch 49,866,149 267,703 2,276,501 Martin Madaus 47,247,939 2,885,913 2,276,501 Erica J. McLaughlin 48,281,569 1,852,283 2,276,501 Tina S. Nova 47,415,765 2,718,087 2,276,501 Michael Rosenblatt 49,537,175 596,677 2,276,501 Stephen S. Schwartz 49,625,351 508,501 2,276,501
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837024000691/0001558370-24-000691-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Azenta, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year at the 2024-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-30
  source text: 4. Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year For Against Abstain 52,209,022 164,934 36,397
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837024000691/0001558370-24-000691-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Azenta, Inc. shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-30
  source text: 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation. 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Broker Non-Votes 48,230,323 10,459 1,854,680 2,314,891
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837024000691/0001558370-24-000691-index.htm
- 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 2024-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-30
  source text: 2. Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 49,109,585 900,374 123,893 2,276,501
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/933974/000155837024000691/0001558370-24-000691-index.htm

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