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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001877322-24-000113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESAB"
cik: "0001877322"
company_name: "ESAB Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T23:39:50.625221+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESAB stockholders elect two Class II directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Patrick W. Allender re-elected with 55.3M for, 350K against; Rhonda L. Jordan with 54.9M for, 720K against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor: 56.8M for, 31.6K against, 32.4K abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 54.6M for, 1.1M against, 32.8K abstain; 1.2M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001877322-24-000113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESAB
- cik: 0001877322
- company_name: ESAB Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877322/000187732224000113/0001877322-24-000113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877322/000187732224000113/cfx-20240509.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001877322-24-000113.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ESAB Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Executive Compensation of the Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on the Executive Compensation of the Named Executive Officers The Company’s stockholders approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 54,579,779 1,062,195 32,840 1,234,599
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877322/000187732224000113/0001877322-24-000113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESAB Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 56,845,487 31,556 32,370 –
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877322/000187732224000113/0001877322-24-000113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ESAB Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The Company’s stockholders elected two Class II directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (to hold office until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified). The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Patrick W. Allender 55,301,142 350,054 23,618 1,234,599 Rhonda L. Jordan 54,931,372 719,824 23,618 1,234,599
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877322/000187732224000113/0001877322-24-000113-index.htm

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