---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-005205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCS"
cik: "0000843006"
company_name: "ACCESS Newswire Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-01T13:31:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-01T13:32:10.510138+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stockholders elect four directors, ratify Cherry Bekaert as auditor at 2026 meeting

## Summary
- Four directors elected: Balbirnie (1,859,945 for), Pollard (1,987,945), Rein (1,976,515), Staples (1,987,945); broker non-votes 698,808 each.
- Ratification of Cherry Bekaert as independent auditor for FY2026: 2,653,094 for, 309,949 against, 21 abstain.
- Annual meeting held June 26, 2026; 2,963,064 shares voted out of 3,885,676 entitled, constituting a quorum.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-005205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCS
- cik: 0000843006
- company_name: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-01T13:31:25+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000168316826005205/0001683168-26-005205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000168316826005205/access_8k.htm

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