---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001600033-26-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELF"
cik: "0001600033"
company_name: "e.l.f. Beauty, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-24T20:06:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-24T20:08:10.241876+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# e.l.f. Beauty shareholders elect four Class I directors, pass say-on-pay

## Summary
- All four Class I directors elected; Maureen Watson had 25.8M for, 7.5M withheld (23% against).
- Say-on-pay approved: 31.9M for, 1.3M against, 0.1M abstain.
- Frequency vote: one year wins with 31.0M; three years gets 2.2M.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor with 43.2M for, 0.5M against.
- Meeting held Aug 20, 2026; proxy filed July 8, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001600033-26-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELF
- cik: 0001600033
- company_name: e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-24T20:06:58+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003326000044/0001600033-26-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1600033/000160003326000044/elf-20260820.htm

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