Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the Corporation's annual meeting of shareholders on
The Plan permits the Corporation to issue to its members (i.e., employees),
including the Corporation's executive officers, stock-based compensation awards
in the form of Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Deferred Stock
Units, Performance Shares, Performance Share Units, Performance Units, and Other
Stock-Based Awards. The Board has reserved 6,624,100 shares of the Corporation's
common stock, par value
A description of the Plan is set forth under "Proposal No. 4 - Approval of the
The foregoing description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report, by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2021 Annual Meeting, the proposals listed below were submitted to a vote
of the shareholders. The proposals are described in the Proxy Statement. As of
Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors. The Corporation's shareholders approved
four nominees,
Director % For1 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Mary A. Bell 99.78% 34,692,098 792,764 0 2,933,060 Mary K.W. Jones 99.34% 35,101,352 383,510 0 2,933,060 Ronald V. Waters, III 99.10% 33,193,147 2,291,715 0 2,933,060
1Percentage of votes cast, which excludes abstentions (in accordance with
law) and broker non-votes.
The Corporation's other Directors: (i)
Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of
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% For1 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 99.19% 38,160,059 83,742 174,121 0
1Percentage of votes cast, which excludes abstentions (in accordance with
Proposal No. 3 - Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation. The Corporation's shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation awarded by the Corporation to its Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement with votes as follows:
% For1 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 97.94% 34,553,248 725,496 206,117 2,933,060
1Percentage of votes cast, which excludes abstentions (in accordance with
Proposal No. 4 - Approval of the
% For1 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 96.87% 34,185,845 1,103,395 195,622 2,933,060
1Percentage of votes cast, which includes abstentions pursuant to the NYSE Listed Company Manual but excludes broker non-votes.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Exhibit No. Description 10.1HNI Corporation 2021 Stock-Based Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the Corporation's Proxy Statement filed onApril 12, 2021 )
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