---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-003070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAYS"
cik: "0001496443"
company_name: "Paysign, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T08:53:56.765919+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paysign shareholders approve 2023 Equity Incentive Plan with 5M shares; all director nominees elected

## Summary
- 2023 Plan approved with ~32.97M for, 0.79M against; replaces 3Pea 2018 plan; 5M shares reserved.
- Directors elected: Newcomer, Lanford, Herman, Henry, Mina, Newman, Triplett; all received majority 'for' votes.
- Ratification of Moss Adams LLP as auditor for FY2023: ~34.39M for, 9,398 against.
- No awards may be made under Prior Plan after effective date; outstanding awards continue under Prior Plan terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-003070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAYS
- cik: 0001496443
- company_name: Paysign, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496443/000168316823003070/0001683168-23-003070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496443/000168316823003070/paysign_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-003070
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-003070.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-003070.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Paysign, Inc. shareholders approved Election of directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of our stockholders at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The director nominees listed below were elected as directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of our stockholders based on the following vote: Name For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Mark R. Newcomer 33,456,789.00 334,103.18 627,431.00 Matthew Lanford 33,649,592.00 141,300.18 627,431.00 Joan M. Herman 33,411,602.00 379,290.18 627,431.00 Dan R. Henry 28,224,408.00 5,566,484.18 627,431.00 Bruce Mina 31,142,051.00 2,648,841.18 627,431.00 Jeffrey B. Newman 33,768,224.00 22,668.18 627,431.00 Dennis Triplett 32,964,802.00 826,090.18 627,431.00
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496443/000168316823003070/0001683168-23-003070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Paysign, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: Proposal 2: Approval of the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan The 2023 Plan was approved based on the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 32,968,270.00 792,827.00 29,795.18 627,431.00
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496443/000168316823003070/0001683168-23-003070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Paysign, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Moss Adams LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-05
  source text: Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Moss Adams LLP was ratified as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 based on the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 34,388,909.00 9,398.00 20,016.18 0.00
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1496443/000168316823003070/0001683168-23-003070-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.