---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001759631-23-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYLN"
cik: "0001759631"
company_name: "Hyliion Holdings Corp."
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T14:45:28.701761+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyliion stockholders elect three directors, ratify auditor, approve Say on Pay and ESPP at annual meeting

## Summary
- All three Class III director nominees (Boehm, Gustanski, Knight) elected; votes for ranged from 81.7M to 89.2M.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor: 119.96M for, 1.35M against, 0.28M abstain.
- Advisory Say on Pay approved: 86.78M for, 2.84M against, 0.48M abstain, 31.5M broker non-votes.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved: 88.37M for, 1.59M against, 0.14M abstain, 31.5M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001759631-23-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYLN
- cik: 0001759631
- company_name: Hyliion Holdings Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000175963123000050/0001759631-23-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000175963123000050/hyln-20230523.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyliion Holdings Corp. shareholders approved Election of three Class III directors to serve until 2026 Annual Meeting at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Set forth below, with respect to each such matter, are the number of votes cast for or against/withhold, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes. Election of Directors Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Rodger Boehm 89,230,516 872,114 31,495,667 Mary Gustanski 84,614,785 5,487,845 31,495,667 Robert Knight, Jr. 81,676,651 8,425,979 31,495,667 Ratification of Auditor For Against Abstain 119,962,245 1,352,205 283,847 Say on Pay For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 86,784,936 2,840,311 477,383 31,495,667 Hyliion Holdings Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 88,366,662 1,591,059 144,909 31,495,667
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000175963123000050/0001759631-23-000050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyliion Holdings Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Set forth below, with respect to each such matter, are the number of votes cast for or against/withhold, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes. Election of Directors Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Rodger Boehm 89,230,516 872,114 31,495,667 Mary Gustanski 84,614,785 5,487,845 31,495,667 Robert Knight, Jr. 81,676,651 8,425,979 31,495,667 Ratification of Auditor For Against Abstain 119,962,245 1,352,205 283,847 Say on Pay For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 86,784,936 2,840,311 477,383 31,495,667 Hyliion Holdings Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 88,366,662 1,591,059 144,909 31,495,667
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000175963123000050/0001759631-23-000050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyliion Holdings Corp. shareholders approved Approval of Hyliion Holdings Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Set forth below, with respect to each such matter, are the number of votes cast for or against/withhold, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes. Election of Directors Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Rodger Boehm 89,230,516 872,114 31,495,667 Mary Gustanski 84,614,785 5,487,845 31,495,667 Robert Knight, Jr. 81,676,651 8,425,979 31,495,667 Ratification of Auditor For Against Abstain 119,962,245 1,352,205 283,847 Say on Pay For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 86,784,936 2,840,311 477,383 31,495,667 Hyliion Holdings Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 88,366,662 1,591,059 144,909 31,495,667
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000175963123000050/0001759631-23-000050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyliion Holdings Corp. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-05-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-23
  source text: Set forth below, with respect to each such matter, are the number of votes cast for or against/withhold, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes. Election of Directors Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Rodger Boehm 89,230,516 872,114 31,495,667 Mary Gustanski 84,614,785 5,487,845 31,495,667 Robert Knight, Jr. 81,676,651 8,425,979 31,495,667 Ratification of Auditor For Against Abstain 119,962,245 1,352,205 283,847 Say on Pay For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 86,784,936 2,840,311 477,383 31,495,667 Hyliion Holdings Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 88,366,662 1,591,059 144,909 31,495,667
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000175963123000050/0001759631-23-000050-index.htm

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