---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001692787-26-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KNTK"
cik: "0001692787"
company_name: "Kinetik Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T21:01:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:07:04.929590+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kinetik stockholders reelect all 10 directors; say-on-pay and KPMG ratification pass

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with 118.6M–119.5M votes for; broker non-votes 6.96M.
- Say-on-pay approved on advisory basis: 119.1M for, 0.3M against, 0.1M abstain.
- Ratification of KPMG as FY2026 auditor passed: 126.4M for, 87K against, 34K abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001692787-26-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KNTK
- cik: 0001692787
- company_name: Kinetik Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T21:01:45+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/1692787/000169278726000095/0001692787-26-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692787/000169278726000095/apa-20260519.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Kinetik Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation (Say-on-Pay) at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the vote indicated below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692787/000169278726000095/0001692787-26-000095-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kinetik Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The stockholders elected each of the ten nominees listed below to the Company’s board of directors to serve a one-year term beginning upon their election until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692787/000169278726000095/0001692787-26-000095-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kinetik Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Auditor at the 2026-05-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-19
  source text: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified by the stockholders, by the vote indicated below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692787/000169278726000095/0001692787-26-000095-index.htm

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