---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-23-006294"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACU"
cik: "0000002098"
company_name: "ACME UNITED CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T13:52:12.926969+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACME United shareholders elect all seven director nominees, approve executive compensation, ratify Marcum LLP as auditor

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected with votes ranging from 1.83M to 2.57M; no withhold majority.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 2.37M for, 196K against, 15K abstain.
- Ratification of Marcum LLP as auditor for FY 2023 approved: 3.08M for, 1.15K against, 4.26K abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-23-006294
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACU
- cik: 0000002098
- company_name: ACME UNITED CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+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/2098/000156459023006294/0001564590-23-006294-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459023006294/acu-8k_20230426.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ACME UNITED CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-24
  source text: Proposal 3- Ratification of the Appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The shareholders approved the proposal to ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Votes For Votes Against Abstained 3,077,317 1,150 4,258
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459023006294/0001564590-23-006294-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACME UNITED CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-24
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors The following seven directors were elected to serve for one-year terms until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Directors Votes For Votes Withheld Walter C. Johnsen 2,569,680 13,012 Richmond Y. Holden 1,830,042 752,650 Brian S. Olschan 2,044,353 538,339 Stevenson E. Ward III 1,840,708 741,984 Susan H. Murphy 2,008,618 574,074 Rex L. Davidson 1,955,378 627,314 Brian K. Barker 2,038,934 543,758
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459023006294/0001564590-23-006294-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACME UNITED CORP shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company as described in the Proxy Statement at the 2023-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-24
  source text: Proposal 2 – Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company as described in the Proxy Statement. The shareholders approved the Advisory vote to Approve Executive Compensation. Votes For Votes Against Abstained Broker Non- Votes 2,371,177 196,265 15,250 500,033
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2098/000156459023006294/0001564590-23-006294-index.htm

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