ESS Tech Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 13, 2025
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) On October 13, 2025, ESS Tech, Inc. (the “Company”) reconvened its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) exclusively online via live webcast. The Annual Meeting was previously convened and adjourned on October 6, 2025 without any business being conducted due to lack of the required quorum. Of the 14,740,884 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on September 16, 2025, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting, 7,667,105 shares of common stock were present or represented by proxy at the reconvened Annual Meeting. At the reconvened Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) elected one Class I director to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) to serve until the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders, (ii) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 and (iii) approved, for purposes of complying with the New York Stock Exchange’s listing rules, of the issuance of shares of common stock in excess of 19.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock of up to $25 million of securities under the Company’s standby equity purchase agreement and up to 129,312 shares of common stock upon exercise of certain of the Company’s warrants to purchase common stock. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 22, 2025.
(b) The final voting results for each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1: Election of Director
At the reconvened Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected one Class I director to the Board to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. The table below sets forth the final voting results for the director nominee:
Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
Rich Hossfeld | 7,439,737 | 227,368 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
At the reconvened Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The table below sets forth the final voting results for this proposal:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 7,586,982 | 73,727 | 6,396 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 3: NYSE Share Issuance Proposal
At the reconvened Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved, for purposes of complying with the New York Stock Exchange’s listing rules, of the issuance of shares of common stock in excess of 19.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock of up to $25 million of securities under the Company’s standby equity purchase agreement and up to 129,312 shares of common stock upon exercise of certain of the Company’s warrants to purchase common stock. The table below sets forth the final voting results for this proposal:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 7,434,603 | 120,785 | 111,717 | — | |||||||||||||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 14, 2025
| ESS TECH, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Kate Suhadolnik | ||||
| Name: | Kate Suhadolnik | ||||
| Title: | Interim Chief Financial Officer | ||||