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Issuer:     Element Solutions Inc (ESI)
CIK:        0001590714
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001590714-26-000049
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Element Solutions say-on-pay fails at annual meeting; three directors face strong opposition
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- Advisory say-on-pay resolution failed with 133.5M against vs. 94.5M for (58% opposing).
- Directors Ashken (40.8M against), Goss (47.7M), and Sofronas (32.9M) had >10% withhold.
- All eight director nominees were elected; auditor PwC ratified with 232.7M for (99.7%).
- Quorum of 96% (233.6M of 243.6M outstanding shares) represented at the meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071426000049/0001590714-26-000049-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590714/000159071426000049/esi-20260504.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590714-26-000049

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