---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822479-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHC"
cik: "0001822479"
company_name: "Sotera Health Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-22T20:09:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T20:13:57.113634+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sotera Health stockholders elect all four director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Directors Sean Cunningham, Richard Kyle, Vincent Petrella, Christopher Simon elected as Class III directors for three-year term.
- Say-on-pay advisory resolution passed with 257.7M votes for, 6.6M against.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2026 with 267.3M votes for.
- All proposals passed without broker non-votes impacting director elections or advisory vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822479-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHC
- cik: 0001822479
- company_name: Sotera Health Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-22T20:09:28+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247926000034/0001822479-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247926000034/shc-20260521.htm

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