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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-25-005812"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PBSV"
cik: "0001304161"
company_name: "Pharma-Bio Serv, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T02:54:19.437055+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pharma-Bio Serv annual meeting elects Howard Spindel, approves say on pay every three years

## Summary
- Howard Spindel elected Class III director with 7,265,978 votes for, 2,359,070 withheld; 3,264,532 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Crowe PR PSC as auditor for FY25 passed with 12,887,897 votes for, 1,701 against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 8,979,762 for, 65,851 against, 579,435 abstain.
- Advisory vote on frequency: plurality favored 3 years (6,645,421 votes); company will hold say on pay every three years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-25-005812
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PBSV
- cik: 0001304161
- company_name: Pharma-Bio Serv, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304161/000165495425005812/0001654954-25-005812-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304161/000165495425005812/pbsv_8k.htm

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