---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-000939"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWDI"
cik: "0000038264"
company_name: "Forward Industries, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T12:22:54.475853+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forward Industries shareholders elect all four director nominees at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Terence Wise elected with 4,754,705 votes for; 27,817 withheld; 1,891,982 broker non-votes.
- Sangita Shah elected with 4,311,270 votes for; 471,252 withheld; 1,891,982 broker non-votes.
- Sharon Hrynkow elected with 4,753,494 votes for; 29,028 withheld; 1,891,982 broker non-votes.
- James Ziglar elected with 4,748,642 votes for; 33,880 withheld; 1,891,982 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of auditor (6,612,453 for, 26,682 against) and advisory say-on-pay (4,649,801 for, 116,883 against) both approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-000939
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWDI
- cik: 0000038264
- company_name: Forward Industries, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38264/000168316823000939/0001683168-23-000939-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38264/000168316823000939/forward_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Forward Industries, Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-02-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-14
  source text: (2) To ratify the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. 6,612,453 26,682 * 35,369 *
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38264/000168316823000939/0001683168-23-000939-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Forward Industries, Inc. shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-02-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-14
  source text: (3) To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. 4,649,801 116,883 * 15,838 1,891,982
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38264/000168316823000939/0001683168-23-000939-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Forward Industries, Inc. shareholders approved To elect the following directors at the 2023-02-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-14
  source text: On February 14, 2023, Forward Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and the results of each of the proposals are listed below. Proposal For Against Withheld Abstain Broker Non-Votes (1) To elect the following directors: Terence Wise 4,754,705 * 27,817 * 1,891,982 Sangita Shah 4,311,270 * 471,252 * 1,891,982 Sharon Hrynkow 4,753,494 * 29,028 * 1,891,982 James Ziglar 4,748,642 * 33,880 * 1,891,982
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38264/000168316823000939/0001683168-23-000939-index.htm

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