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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001708035-23-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECVT"
cik: "0001708035"
company_name: "Ecovyst Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T04:22:03.803516+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecovyst annual meeting: director Fogarty gets 36% withhold votes; say-on-pay passes with 84% support

## Summary
- Three Class III directors elected: Bitting 94% for, Bradley 92% for, Fogarty 64% for (36% withheld).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 84.5M for, 16.6M against (83.6% support).
- Ratification of PwC as auditor passed with 109.5M for (99.9% support).
- Broker non-votes of 8.4M shares on director and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001708035-23-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECVT
- cik: 0001708035
- company_name: Ecovyst Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000017/0001708035-23-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000017/ecvt-20230510.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Ecovyst Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal Three : The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain 109,474,756 135,726 26,957 Proposal three was a routine matter and, therefore, there were no broker non-votes relating to this proposal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000017/0001708035-23-000017-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ecovyst Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III directors at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal One : Each of the three Class III director nominees was elected to serve on the Company’s board of directors for a term of three years. The results of the vote were as follows: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Kurt J. Bitting 95,527,908 5,682,937 8,426,594 David A. Bradley 93,066,221 8,144,624 8,426,594 Kevin M. Fogarty 65,064,497 36,146,348 8,426,594
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000017/0001708035-23-000017-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ecovyst Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay) at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal Two : The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers (the “say-on-pay proposal”). The results of the advisory vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 84,548,927 16,603,482 58,436 8,426,594
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000170803523000017/0001708035-23-000017-index.htm

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