---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-030536"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BARK"
cik: "0001819574"
company_name: "Bark, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T15:11:36.638160+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BARK shareholders elect McLaughlin and Werdelin as Class A directors; ratify Deloitte

## Summary
- Betsy McLaughlin and Henrik Werdelin elected as Class A directors for three-year terms.
- McLaughlin received 77.2M for, 11.5M withheld; Werdelin received 81.0M for, 7.7M withheld.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for fiscal 2023 with 110.9M for, 2.1M abstain.
- Advisory vote on say-on-pay frequency approved 'Every Year' with 87.4M votes for 1 year.
- Broker non-votes of 24.9M on director election and say-on-pay frequency proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-030536
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BARK
- cik: 0001819574
- company_name: Bark, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828022030536/0001628280-22-030536-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828022030536/bark-20221115.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bark, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2022-11-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-15
  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 March 31, 2023. The results of such vote were as follows: For Against Abstain 110,865,399 682,684 2,100,186
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828022030536/0001628280-22-030536-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bark, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class A Director Nominees at the 2022-11-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-15
  source text: Proposal 1 Election of Class A Director Nominees The stockholders elected the persons named below as Class A directors to serve a three-year term ending at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The results of such vote were as follows: Director Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Betsy McLaughlin 77,205,277 11,538,560 24,904,432 Henrik Werdelin 81,007,082 7,736,755 24,904,432
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828022030536/0001628280-22-030536-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bark, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency with which the Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation Should Be Held at the 2022-11-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-15
  source text: Proposal 3 Advisory Vote on the Frequency with which the Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation Should Be Held The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, “Every Year” as the frequency with which the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should be held. Consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for its Annual Meeting and the vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting, the Company will include an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in its proxy materials every year until the next stockholder vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of such vote were as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 87,376,764 87,527 1,231,771 47,775 24,904,432
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819574/000162828022030536/0001628280-22-030536-index.htm

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