---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001692427-23-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCSM"
cik: "0001692427"
company_name: "NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:09:11.573554+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NCS Multistage stockholders approve 75K-share increase in equity plan; directors elected

## Summary
- Shareholders approved Amended & Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan: 1,745,764 for, 157,156 against; share reserve increased by 75,000 to 626,626 shares.
- Elected Class III directors W. Matt Ralls, John Deane, Ryan Hummer; each received over 1.7M votes for.
- Ratified Grant Thornton as independent auditor for FY2023: 2,117,813 for, 601 against.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 1,879,826 for; stockholders voted for annual frequency (1 year, 1,886,713) until next vote in 2029.
- Total votes cast: 2,119,086 of 2,438,877 eligible (86.88% turnout).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001692427-23-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCSM
- cik: 0001692427
- company_name: NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242723000024/0001692427-23-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242723000024/ncsm-20230525x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 3 — Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of named executive officers For 1,879,826 Against 22,689 Abstentions 415 Broker Non-Votes 216,156
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242723000024/0001692427-23-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm For 2,117,813 Against 601 Abstentions 672 Broker Non-Votes —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242723000024/0001692427-23-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 4 — Approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of named executive officers 1 year 1,886,713 2 years 0 3 years 15,775 Abstentions 442 Broker Non-Votes 216,156
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242723000024/0001692427-23-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Approve the Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 5 — Approve the Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan For 1,745,764 Against 157,156 Abstentions 10 Broker Non-Votes 216,156
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242723000024/0001692427-23-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Election of three Class III Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors Broker Names For Withheld Non-Votes W. Matt Ralls 1,754,512 148,418 216,156 John Deane 1,732,810 170,120 216,156 Ryan Hummer 1,788,120 114,810 216,156
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692427/000169242723000024/0001692427-23-000024-index.htm

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