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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001808997-26-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOUT"
cik: "0001808997"
company_name: "American Outdoor Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:16:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:23:50.428107+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AOUT holders re-elect all 7 directors, ratify Grant Thornton at Sept 28 annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven nominees elected to serve until the 2027 annual meeting: Monheit 8,785,462 for / 450,863 against; Leary 9,112,970 / 123,135; Murphy 9,191,801 / 44,465.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending April 30, 2027, with 11,152,612 votes for and 50,705 against.
- Say-on-pay approved on advisory basis: 9,179,014 for, 53,702 against, 8,849 abstentions, 1,972,633 broker non-votes.
- Say-on-frequency: ONE YEAR received 8,179,958 votes vs 4,167 for two years and 1,038,421 for three years.
- Each director race carried 1,972,633 broker non-votes; Gallagher (9,048,076 for) and Gluchowski (8,833,653) drew the largest opposition after Monheit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001808997-26-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOUT
- cik: 0001808997
- company_name: American Outdoor Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:16:47+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808997/000180899726000051/0001808997-26-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1808997/000180899726000051/aout-20260928.htm

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