---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001600033-23-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELF"
cik: "0001600033"
company_name: "e.l.f. Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:30:34.746354+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# e.l.f. Beauty shareholders elect all Class I directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify Deloitte as auditor

## Summary
- Class I directors Kenny Mitchell (43.9M for), Gayle Tait (43.6M for), Maureen Watson (28.1M for) elected.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 40.7M for, 3.1M against, 91.6K abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY ending March 31, 2024 passed with 48.2M for, 185.8K against.
- Broker non-votes: 4.6M for director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001600033-23-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELF
- cik: 0001600033
- company_name: e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003323000039/0001600033-23-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003323000039/elf-20230824.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001600033-23-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-08-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-24
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003323000039/0001600033-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2023-08-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-24
  source text: Each of the three nominees for Class I director was elected to serve as a Class I director until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his or her respective successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her respective earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003323000039/0001600033-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-08-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-24
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003323000039/0001600033-23-000039-index.htm

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