---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-030618"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAWH"
cik: "0001756390"
company_name: "Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:29:36.273506+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascend Wellness Holdings completes Class B conversion and annual meeting

## Summary
- On May 4, 2026, all 65,000 outstanding Class B shares of Ascend Wellness automatically converted into Class A shares.
- The company retired the converted Class B shares, reducing authorized common stock to 750,035,000 and Class B authorized to 35,000.
- At the April 29, 2026 annual meeting, all six director nominees were elected, each receiving over 95 million votes for.
- Stockholders ratified WithumSmith+Brown as auditor with 170,618,274 votes for and reapproved the stock incentive plan with 98,316,897 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-030618
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAWH
- cik: 0001756390
- company_name: Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756390/000162828026030618/0001628280-26-030618-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756390/000162828026030618/aawh-20260429.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 509f8ee346b09315c11779a9dce72fce2295d153
  claim: Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc.: Certificate of Retirement filed to reduce authorized shares of common stock and Class B common stock following conversion of all Class B shares (effective 2026-05-05).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 5, 2026, the Company filed a Certificate of Retirement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Certificate of Retirement”) to effect the retirement of the 65,000 shares of Class B Common Stock that were issued but no longer outstanding following the Conversion. Pursuant to Section 243(b) of the DGCL, upon its effectiveness, the Certificate of Retirement had the effect of amending the Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the total number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company by 65,000, to 750,035,000, and to reduce the number of authorized shares of Class B Common Stock by 65,000, to 35,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1756390/000162828026030618/0001628280-26-030618-index.htm

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