---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0002026478-26-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NMAX"
cik: "0002026478"
company_name: "Newsmax Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:39:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:40:49.947342+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newsmax stockholders elect all seven director nominees, ratify BDO as auditor

## Summary
- All seven nominees elected as directors: Ruddy, Brinker, Cox, Acosta, Gandler, Evans, Dobriansky.
- Ratification of BDO USA as independent auditor for FY2026 approved: 437.8M for, 0.6M against, 0.4M abstentions.
- Approximately 90.97% of shares represented at the annual meeting (85,626,759 shares).
- Broker non-votes of 36,046,917 on director elections due to lack of voting instructions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0002026478-26-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NMAX
- cik: 0002026478
- company_name: Newsmax Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:39:06+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026478/000202647826000056/0002026478-26-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026478/000202647826000056/nmax-20260518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Newsmax Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-18
  source text: Proposal Two — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. For Against Abstentions 437,793,686 591,105 395,641
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026478/000202647826000056/0002026478-26-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Newsmax Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-18
  source text: Proposal One — Election of Directors. The stockholders elected the following nominees as directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until the election and qualification of their respective successors or their earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Election of Directors: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Christopher Ruddy 401,078,433 1,655,082 36,046,917 Nancy G. Brinker 401,292,865 1,440,659 36,046,917 Christopher N. Cox 401,380,043 1,353,472 36,046,917 R. Alexander Acosta 400,833,633 1,899,882 36,046,917 David Gandler 401,524,125 1,209,390 36,046,917 David A.R. Evans 402,198,077 535,438 36,046,917 Paula J. Dobriansky 402,108,139 625,376 36,046,917
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026478/000202647826000056/0002026478-26-000056-index.htm

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