{"url_path":"/sec/ecvt/8-k/2026-05-21/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/0001708035-26-000070-index.html","accession_number":"0001708035-26-000070","cik":"0001708035","ticker":"ECVT","issuer_name":"Ecovyst Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/0001708035-26-000070-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001708035","primary_entity_name":"Ecovyst Inc."},"word_count":318,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nOn May 20, 2026, Ecovyst Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 109,450,306 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding on the record date and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, and 100,214,085 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. For more information about the proposals, please see the Company’s definitive proxy statement, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2026.\n\nProposal One: Each of the five Class I director nominees was elected to serve on the Company’s board of directors for a term of one year. The results of the vote were as follows:\n\nNomineeVotes ForVotes WithheldBroker Non-Votes\n\nBryan K. Brown93,378,205601,4556,234,425\n\nKurt J. Bitting93,335,714643,9466,234,425\n\nDavid A. Bradley93,243,708735,9526,234,425\n\nKevin M. Fogarty93,389,655590,0056,234,425\n\nPatti A. Humble93,493,882485,7786,234,425\n\nProposal Two: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers (the “say-on-pay proposal”). The results of the advisory vote were as follows:\n\nForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes\n\n93,076,499870,54832,6136,234,425\n\nProposal Three: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified. The results of the vote were as follows:\n\nForAgainstAbstain\n\n100,146,57761,4866,022\n\nProposal three was a routine matter and, therefore, there were no broker non-votes relating to this proposal.\n\n    \n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant 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.\n\nEcovyst Inc.\n\nDate:\nMay 21, 2026\nBy:/s/ JOSEPH S. KOSCINSKI\n\nName:Joseph S. Koscinski\n\nTitle:Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary"}