secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACME UNITED CORP (ACU)
CIK:        0000002098
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-016126
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Acme United shareholders reject amendment to Non-Salaried Director Stock Option Plan
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- Proposal 3 failed with 898,966 for, 1,026,903 against, 139,557 abstain.
- Proposal 2 to increase shares under 2012 Employee Stock Option Plan approved (1,411,719 for, 646,966 against).
- All seven director nominees elected; Brian K. Barker received 2,057,361 votes for, 8,065 withheld.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed (1,818,211 for, 233,877 against).
- Marcum LLP ratified as auditor for FY2022 with 2,889,552 votes for, 1,834 against.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459022016126/0001564590-22-016126-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459022016126/acu-8k_20220427.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-016126

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