---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001603978-23-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQB"
cik: "0001603978"
company_name: "AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:03:24.979821+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AQB shareholders approve equity plan amendment; CEO Wulf named Board Chair

## Summary
- Stockholders approved increasing equity plan shares from 1.9M to 4.3M.
- Amendment requires shareholder approval for any repricing or cash buyout of awards.
- All seven director nominees elected; Deloitte ratified as auditor for FY2023.
- CEO Sylvia Wulf elected Board Chair, combining roles effective May 25, 2023.
- Advisory vote on say-on-pay frequency: 1 year selected, Board intends annual votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001603978-23-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQB
- cik: 0001603978
- company_name: AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000030/0001603978-23-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000030/aqb-20230525x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603978-23-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment to the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 3 – Approval of an Amendment to the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended The stockholders approved the Amendment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000030/0001603978-23-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors The stockholders elected each person named below to serve as a director on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for a one-year term of office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000030/0001603978-23-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Approval, on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis, of the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 5 – Approval, on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis, of the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000030/0001603978-23-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Approval, on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 4 – Approval, on a Non-Binding, Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000030/0001603978-23-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000030/0001603978-23-000030-index.htm

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