---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014707-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAL"
cik: "0000014707"
company_name: "CALERES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T12:48:07.429676+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caleres shareholders elect 11 directors, ratify E&Y, approve say-on-pay annually

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; withheld votes ranged from ~297K to ~1.7M shares.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor: 28.8M for, 1.1M against, 27.8K abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 25.3M for, 2.4M against, 132.9K abstain, 2.0M broker non-votes.
- Frequency of future say-on-pay votes set to one year: 26.5M for one year, 1.1M for three, 43.4K for two.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014707-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAL
- cik: 0000014707
- company_name: CALERES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000026/0000014707-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000026/cal-20230525x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014707-23-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014707-23-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014707-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CALERES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The shareholders approved, by advisory vote, of a frequency of future votes on executive compensation of one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000026/0000014707-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CALERES INC shareholders approved Election of 11 directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The shareholders elected 11 directors, Lisa A. Flavin, Brenda C. Freeman, Lori H. Greeley, Mahendra R. Gupta, Carla C. Hendra, Ward M. Klein, Steven W. Korn, Wenda Harris Millard, John W. Schmidt, Diane M. Sullivan and Bruce K. Thorn, each for a term of one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000026/0000014707-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CALERES INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accountants at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The shareholders ratified the appointment of our independent registered public accountants, Ernst & Young LLP.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000026/0000014707-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CALERES INC shareholders approved Advisory resolution regarding executive compensation at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: The shareholders approved the advisory resolution regarding executive compensation (“say on pay”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470723000026/0000014707-23-000026-index.htm

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