---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001722482-23-000103"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T04:23:32.187307+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avantor stockholders elect ten directors, ratify auditor, approve advisory compensation at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected with strong support; votes for ranged from 546.9M to 581.8M.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2023 passed with 602.6M votes for, 8.4M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 506.5M for, 78.2M against.
- Broker non-votes of 26.2M on director elections and advisory compensation proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001722482-23-000103
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000103/0001722482-23-000103-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000103/avtr-20230511.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Avantor, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 2. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, based on the following voting results:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000103/0001722482-23-000103-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Avantor, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 3. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2022 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based on the following voting results:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000103/0001722482-23-000103-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Avantor, Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten directors to serve for a one-year term at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 1. The stockholders elected ten directors to serve for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, subject to election and qualification of their successors, based on the following voting results:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000103/0001722482-23-000103-index.htm

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