---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-009337"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AREC"
cik: "0001590715"
company_name: "American Resources Corp"
filed_at: "2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:02:31.339127+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Resources shareholders re-elect all five directors, ratify auditor

## Summary
- Annual meeting held July 18, 2023; all five director nominees re-elected to one-year terms.
- Votes for each director ranged from 27.9M to 28.5M; no director had majority against.
- Appointment of BF Borgers CPA PC as independent auditor for FY 2022 ratified with ~53.0M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-009337
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AREC
- cik: 0001590715
- company_name: American Resources Corp
- filed_at: 2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590715/000165495423009337/0001654954-23-009337-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590715/000165495423009337/arec_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  American Resources Corp shareholders approved Election of five director nominees to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting at the 2023-07-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-18
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors. The stockholders elected each of the five director nominees to serve as directors until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. Each nominee was a current director of the Company who was re-elected. The voting for the directors at the Annual Meeting was as follows: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Mark C. Jensen 28,475,533 3,587,328 126,887 Thomas M. Sauve 28,530,825 3,626,353 32,570 Courtenay O. Taplin 27,893,464 4,263,016 33,268 Michael G. Layman 27,915,273 4,241,832 32,643 Gerardine G. Botte 27,886,997 4,269,938 32,813
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590715/000165495423009337/0001654954-23-009337-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Resources Corp shareholders approved Appointment of BF Borgers CPA PC as independent registered public accounting firm for year ending December 31, 2022 at the 2023-07-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-18
  source text: Proposal 2 – Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders approved the appointment of BF Borgers CPA PC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022. The result of the vote taken at the Annual Meeting was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 52,958,448 317,560 193,409
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590715/000165495423009337/0001654954-23-009337-index.htm

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