---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001699136-23-000069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHD"
cik: "0001699136"
company_name: "Cactus, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:28:54.568036+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cactus stockholders elect directors, ratify PwC, approve LTIP share increase

## Summary
- Scott Bender, Bruce Rothstein elected as Class III directors; Gary Rosenthal received 39.9M for, 36.7M withheld.
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for FY2023 approved with 77.1M votes for, 351k against.
- Amendment to Long-Term Incentive Plan approved, increasing reserved Class A shares from 3.0M to 5.5M.
- Broker non-votes totaled 934,428 on director elections and LTIP proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001699136-23-000069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHD
- cik: 0001699136
- company_name: Cactus, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699136/000169913623000069/0001699136-23-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699136/000169913623000069/whd-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Cactus, Inc. shareholders approved Amendment of Long-Term Incentive Plan to increase reserved shares from 3,000,000 to 5,500,000 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 3: The proposal to approve the amendment of the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended as of November 25, 2019, to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock reserved for issuance under such plan from 3,000,000 to 5,500,000. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 73,736,610 2,797,911 21,583 934,428
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699136/000169913623000069/0001699136-23-000069-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cactus, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 2: To approve the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 77,126,035 351,401 13,096 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699136/000169913623000069/0001699136-23-000069-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cactus, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 1: To elect to the board of directors of the Company, each of the following Class III director nominees to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. Name of Director Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Scott Bender 73,613,204 2,942,900 934,428 Gary Rosenthal 39,882,724 36,673,380 934,428 Bruce Rothstein 70,022,096 6,534,008 934,428
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699136/000169913623000069/0001699136-23-000069-index.htm

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