---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001587987-23-000130"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEWT"
cik: "0001587987"
company_name: "NewtekOne, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:40:51.739249+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NewtekOne shareholders elect directors, approve auditor, equity plans at annual meeting

## Summary
- Re-elected Richard Salute (10,032,644 for) and Salvatore Mulia (10,000,851 for) as directors for three-year terms.
- Ratified RSM US LLP as independent auditor for FY 2023 with 17,529,268 votes for, 255,876 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 9,449,516 for, 654,290 against.
- Approved 2023 Stock Incentive Plan (9,276,639 for) and 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (9,723,029 for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001587987-23-000130
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEWT
- cik: 0001587987
- company_name: NewtekOne, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798723000130/0001587987-23-000130-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798723000130/newt-20230616.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NewtekOne, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal III: An advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 9,449,516 654,290 330,926
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798723000130/0001587987-23-000130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NewtekOne, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the Company's 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal V: Approval of the Company's 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 9,723,029 510,254 201,450
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798723000130/0001587987-23-000130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NewtekOne, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of RSM US LLP as independent registered accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal II: To ratify the selection of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm (independent auditors) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 17,529,268 255,876 168,850
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798723000130/0001587987-23-000130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NewtekOne, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the Company's 2023 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal IV: Approval of the Company6s 2023 Stock Incentive Plan: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 9,276,639 856,559 301,535
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798723000130/0001587987-23-000130-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NewtekOne, Inc. shareholders approved Election of two directors to serve until 2026 at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal I: To elect two directors of the Company to serve on the Board of Directors until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2026 and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Director Votes For Votes Withheld Richard Salute 10,032,644 402,089 Salvatore Mulia 10,000,851 433,882
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1587987/000158798723000130/0001587987-23-000130-index.htm

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