---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001767042-26-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KGS"
cik: "0001767042"
company_name: "Kodiak Gas Services, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:56:25.354646+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kodiak shareholders approve board declassification and supermajority removal

## Summary
- Shareholders voted to phase in board declassification and eliminate supermajority voting at May 7, 2026 annual meeting.
- All three Class III director nominees elected: Terry Black Bonno, William L. Bullock Jr., Chris Drumgoole.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with ~91% of votes cast in favor; 1-year frequency preferred.
- Ratification of BDO USA as auditor for FY2026 approved with 78.3M votes for, 66K against.
- Charter and bylaw amendments filed and effective May 7, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001767042-26-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KGS
- cik: 0001767042
- company_name: Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000037/0001767042-26-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000037/kgs-20260507.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001767042-26-000037.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7dd7a5320cdfaefe169b1204a497762aeccd5b17
  claim: Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.: Amended charter to phase in declassification of Board of Directors, eliminate supermajority voting requirements and other obsolete provisions (effective 2026-05-07).
  evidence_excerpt: At the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 7, 2026, the Company’s shareholders approved certain amendments (the “Charter Amendments”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to (i) phase in declassification of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and (ii) eliminate certain supermajority voting requirements and other obsolete provisions.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000037/0001767042-26-000037-index.htm
- claim_id: 86a88cb93aaf003f44e00af4deec0e37df8e52cb
  claim: Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.: Amended bylaws conformingly to phase in declassification of Board of Directors and eliminate supermajority voting requirements and other obsolete provisions (effective 2026-05-07).
  evidence_excerpt: the Company’s Board of Directors also adopted conforming changes to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to phase in declassification of the Board of Directors and eliminate certain supermajority voting requirements and other obsolete provisions, which became effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (as amended and restated, the “Third Amended and Restated Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1767042/000176704226000037/0001767042-26-000037-index.htm

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