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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-034122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPHC"
cik: "0001903508"
company_name: "Public Policy Holding Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-12T20:16:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T20:41:15.077090+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Public Policy Holding Co. 2026 annual meeting elects three Class II directors

## Summary
- 21,655,671 shares voted (74.86% of outstanding); all proposals passed.
- Kathleen L. Casey, Roeland Smits, Benjamin Ginsberg elected as Class II directors; Ginsberg received 1.84M votes against.
- Ratification of Forvis Mazars, LLP as auditor approved with 21,654,757 votes for.
- Electronic distribution of reports approved with 20,141,981 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-034122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPHC
- cik: 0001903508
- company_name: Public Policy Holding Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T20:16:53+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1903508/000162828026034122/0001628280-26-034122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1903508/000162828026034122/pphc-20260512.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. shareholders approved Allow electronic distribution of annual reports and other stockholder communications. at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Item 3 – Allow electronic distribution of annual reports and other stockholder communications. Votes FOR Votes AGAINST Votes WITHHELD / ABSTAINED Broker Non-Votes 20,141,981 12,585 0 1,501,105
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1903508/000162828026034122/0001628280-26-034122-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. shareholders approved Election of three Class II Directors to serve until the Company’s 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Item 1 - Election of three Class II Directors to serve until the Company’s 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. Nominee Votes FOR Votes AGAINST Votes WITHHELD / ABSTAINED Broker Non-Votes Kathleen L. Casey 20,054,161 93,831 6,574 1,501,105 Roeland Smits 19,514,364 633,628 6,574 1,501,105 Benjamin Ginsberg 18,318,479 1,836,085 2 1,501,105
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1903508/000162828026034122/0001628280-26-034122-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Item 2 - Ratification of the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. Votes FOR Votes AGAINST Votes WITHHELD / ABSTAINED 21,654,757 914 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1903508/000162828026034122/0001628280-26-034122-index.htm

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