Company: ONEW
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001772921-25-000007
Chunk: 7

Company: OneWater Marine Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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 wish to abstain from voting on a proposal, and your vote will have the same effect as described above.

#### “Broker Non-Votes”
If you are a beneficial owner holding shares through a nominee and you fail to instruct the nominee how your shares should be voted on a particular matter, then your broker nominee may submit a vote on your behalf on “routine” matters. A broker nominee generally may not vote on “non-routine” matters without receiving your specific voting instructions. This is called a “broker non-vote.”

At the Annual Meeting, your broker nominee will not be able to submit a vote on any matter other than the ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm, unless it receives your specific instructions. If your nominee does not receive your specific instructions for the remaining proposals, it will submit a broker non-vote.

Broker non-votes are counted as present and entitled to vote for quorum purposes, but are not considered entitled to vote and have no effect on the outcome of the election of directors, the resolution to approve the compensation of our Named Executive Officers or the ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm.

The broker nominee, however, will be able to vote on the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm even if it does not receive your instructions, so we do not expect any broker non-votes will exist in connection with this proposal.

8. What proposals will be voted on at the Annual Meeting, and what votes are required to approve each of the proposals?

The required vote for each of the proposals expected to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting and the treatment of abstentions and broker non-votes under each proposal are described below:

Proposal No. 1 - Election of directors . Directors are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Company’s common stock that are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors. As a result, abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “against” a nominee, but broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome.

Proposal No. 2 - Approval of, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers . Because this proposal asks for a non-binding, advisory vote, there is no “required vote” that would constitute approval of the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. We value the opinions expressed by our stockholders with respect to this advisory vote, and our compensation committee, which is responsible for overseeing and