---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001820302-23-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKKT"
cik: "0001820302"
company_name: "Bakkt, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T04:11:28.655332+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bakkt shareholders elect three directors, ratify auditor, approve additional shares

## Summary
- Elected David Clifton, De'Ana Dow, and Gordon Watson as directors to serve until 2026; each received ~185M+ votes for.
- Ratified Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2023 with 219,890,212 votes for and 909,165 against.
- Approved amendment to 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan authorizing 26,590,466 additional shares; 184,177,525 for, 20,069,821 against.
- Quorum of 83.2% of voting power represented at the annual meeting held June 6, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001820302-23-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKKT
- cik: 0001820302
- company_name: Bakkt, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000182030223000065/0001820302-23-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000182030223000065/bakkt-20230606.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001820302-23-000065.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bakkt, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of amendment to the Company's 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan to authorize 26,590,466 additional shares at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan to authorize 26,590,466 additional shares. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 184,177,525 20,069,821 81,999 16,791,231
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000182030223000065/0001820302-23-000065-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bakkt, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 219,890,212 909,165 321,199 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000182030223000065/0001820302-23-000065-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.