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accession: "0001877322-25-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESAB"
cik: "0001877322"
company_name: "ESAB Corp"
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T10:31:53.862883+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESAB shareholders approve amended equity plan and elect four directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- A&R 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan approved: no new shares authorized; extended term, eliminated individual award limit, increased director grant cap.
- Proposal 1: All four Class III directors elected—Cummings, Kambeyanda, Lutz, Vinnakota—with between 52.5M and 57.5M votes For each.
- Proposal 2: Ernst & Young ratified as FY2025 independent auditor with 58.4M For, 59K Against.
- Proposal 3: Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 55.3M For, 2.4M Against.
- Proposal 4: A&R Plan approved with 49.9M For, 7.1M Against, 0.65M Abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001877322-25-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESAB
- cik: 0001877322
- company_name: ESAB Corp
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877322/000187732225000096/0001877322-25-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877322/000187732225000096/esab-20250508.htm

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