Neogen Corporation shareholders approve executive pay and new incentive plan

Neogen Corporation shareholders voted to approve executive compensation and a new incentive plan at the company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which took place on October 1, 2026. The meeting resulted in the election of three directors and the ratification of the company's independent auditors, according to a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2026.

During the vote, 176,180,487 of the 218,106,005 shares outstanding and entitled to vote were present. The proposals were detailed in Neogen's Proxy Statement, which was filed with the SEC on August 21, 2026. R. Bryan Riggsbee, the company's Chief Financial Officer, signed the report on behalf of Neogen Corporation.

Shareholders elected Aashima Gupta, Raphael A. Rodriguez, and Catherine E. Woteki, Ph.D., to the board of directors. Gupta received 146,152,766 votes in favor and 10,476,533 votes withheld. Rodriguez received 155,080,607 votes in favor and 1,548,692 votes withheld. Woteki received 154,950,353 votes in favor and 1,678,946 votes withheld.

The shareholders also approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company's named executive officers. This proposal received 151,434,206 votes in favor, 2,498,510 votes against, 2,677,583 abstentions, and 19,551,188 broker non-votes. In a separate vote to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2027, shareholders cast 172,788,682 votes in favor, 927,148 against, and 2,445,657 abstentions.

Neogen shareholders further approved the Neogen Corporation Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan. This plan received 150,242,832 votes in favor, 3,815,133 against, 2,552,334 abstentions, and 19,551,188 broker non-votes. The company also secured approval for an amendment to its Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance. This amendment received 153,486,408 votes in favor, 629,715 against, 2,494,176 abstentions, and 19,551,188 broker non-votes.

Neogen Corporation is incorporated in Michigan and maintains its principal executive offices at 620 Lesher Place in Lansing. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol NEOG. The filing did not check any boxes indicating that the report was intended to satisfy obligations under Rule 425 of the Securities Act or Rules 14a-12 or 14d-2(b) of the Exchange Act.