kwr-20250507


Pennsylvania			23-0993790
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

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Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $1 par value

KWR

New York Stock Exchange

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As of March 4, 2025, the record date for the 2025 Annual Meeting, 17,670,915 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding, and the holders of those shares were entitled to cast one vote for each share held. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the shareholders at the 2025 Annual Meeting and the final voting results of each such proposal.

The shareholders elected four directors to serve a three-year term until the 2028 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The results of the vote were as follows:


Directors	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Mark A. Douglas	14,281,131	1,937,800	5,748	457,892
Sanjay Hinduja	15,484,202	729,942	10,535	457,892
William H. Osborne	15,997,354	220,486	6,839	457,892
Fay West	14,886,343	1,329,498	8,838	457,892

Proposal No. 2 – Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

The Company’s shareholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the Company’s compensation of its named executive officers as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and the accompanying compensation tables and narrative disclosures contained in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting. The results of the vote were as follows:

Proposal No. 3 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2025

The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2025. The results of the vote were as follows:

The following exhibits are included as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.


Exhibit Number						Description of Exhibit

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.


	QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Date: May 8, 2025	By:	/s/ Robert T. Traub
		Robert T. Traub
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


For	Against	Abstain
16,443,533	235,558	3,480