Lifeway Foods, INC. 8-K Filing

Ticker: LWAY · Form: 8-K · Filed: Dec 31, 2025 · CIK: 814586

Sentiment: neutral

Filing Stats: 891 words · 4 min read · ~3 pages · Grade level 15.8 · Accepted 2025-12-31 09:00:09

Filing Documents

07. Submission

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. The 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Lifeway Foods, Inc. (the "Company") was held on December 29, 2025. There were 15,228,763 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and 12,441,533 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. First Coast Results, Inc., the independent inspector of elections for the 2025 Annual Meeting, provided a final voting report on December 30, 2025, certifying the following results. Proposal 1: According to the tabulation of voting results, the following is a record of votes cast with respect to the election of Kirk Chartier, Juan Carlos Dalto, Rachel Drori, Andee Harris, Susie Hultquist, Dorri McWhorter, Jason Scher and Julie Smolyansky, to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Company's shareholders (or until successors are elected and qualified): FOR WITHHOLD BROKER NON-VOTES Board of Directors' Nominees Kirk Chartier 8,947,067 3,442,164 0 Juan Carlos Dalto 8,862,987 3,526,244 0 Rachel Drori 8,947,911 3,441,319 0 Andee Harris 8,947,751 3,441,480 0 Susie Hultquist 8,947,871 3,441,360 0 Dorri McWhorter 8,588,825 3,800,405 0 Jason Scher 8,582,061 3,807,170 0 Julie Smolyansky 8,836,589 3,552,642 0 Opposition Nominees George Sent 3,435,783 8,983,447 0 Edward Smolyansky 3,435,344 8,953,886 0 2 Proposal 2: According to the tabulation of voting results, the shareholders did not approve and adopt amendments to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to provide for: (a) the amendment and restatement of the Company's Articles of Incorporation to effectuate ministerial changes and to provide for director exculpation FOR: 8,700,709 AGAINST: 123,072 ABSTAIN: 3,593,949 BROKER NON-VOTES: 23,803 (b) director indemnification and expense advancement FOR: 8,696,518 AGAINST: 131,24

SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES 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. LIFEWAY FOODS, INC. Dated: December 30, 2025 By: /s/ Julie Smolyansky Name: Julie Smolyansky Title: Chief Executive Officer and Secretary 5

View Full Filing

View this 8-K filing on SEC EDGAR

View on Read The Filing