---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001928446-23-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRNT"
cik: "0001928446"
company_name: "Granite Ridge Resources, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T12:07:40.575700+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Granite Ridge shareholders elect three Class I directors, ratify FORVIS as auditor

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Thaddeus Darden, Michele J. Everard, and Kirk Lazarine as Class I directors with over 122M votes each.
- Ratified FORVIS LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 122.9M votes for, 147,112 against.
- Annual meeting held May 25, 2023; 123,087,856 of 133,171,826 shares represented (92.4% quorum).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001928446-23-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRNT
- cik: 0001928446
- company_name: Granite Ridge Resources, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1928446/000192844623000023/0001928446-23-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1928446/000192844623000023/grnt-20230525.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001928446-23-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The shareholders elected each of Thaddeus Darden, Michele J. Everard, and Kirk Lazarine as a Class I director of the Company for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2026 or until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1928446/000192844623000023/0001928446-23-000023-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of FORVIS LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The shareholders ratified the appointment of FORVIS LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1928446/000192844623000023/0001928446-23-000023-index.htm

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