--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000024090-23-000082" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "CIA" cik: "0000024090" company_name: "CITIZENS, INC." filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T04:22:26.593160+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.5 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Citizens, Inc. Amends Code of Ethics, Reports Annual Meeting Results and Adjourns Say-on-Pay Vote ## Summary - Board amended Insider Trading Policy to reduce corporate blackout period from two trading days to 24 hours after public release. - Shareholders elected eight directors: Claus, C. Davis, J. Davis, Keating, Maness, Morgan, Shields, Taylor. - Ratified Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for 2023 with 9,944,344.51 votes for. - Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 6,508,533.51 for, 505,627.76 against. - Adjourned annual meeting set for June 20, 2023 for Proposal 4 (say-on-pay frequency). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000024090-23-000082 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: CIA - cik: 0000024090 - company_name: CITIZENS, INC. - filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.5 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.05, 5.07, 8.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000082/0000024090-23-000082-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000082/cia-20230606.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-23-000082 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-23-000082.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-23-000082.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes CITIZENS, INC.: shortened insider trading blackout period from two full trading days to twenty-four hours after material non-public information is made public (effective 2023-06-06). - Change: code of ethics - Effective: 2023-06-06 source text: The Code has been amended to change the Insider Trading Policy's end date for corporate blackout periods from two full trading days to twenty-four hours after material non-public information has been made public. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000082/0000024090-23-000082-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CITIZENS, INC. shareholders approved Election of eight director nominees to serve until next annual meeting at the 2023-06-06 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-06 source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors The individuals listed below were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve as the Company’s directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified: Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Christopher W. Claus 6,538,191.56 313,280.63 190,736.53 2,956,859.00 Cynthia H. Davis 6,259,619.73 760,763.53 21,825.46 2,956,859.00 Jerry D. Davis 6,706,789.93 42,196.43 293,222.35 2,956,859.00 Francis A. Keating II 6,297,309.65 445,474.65 299,301.41 2,956,859.00 Terry S. Maness 6,528,261.95 47,785.64 466,161.13 2,956,859.00 J. Keith Morgan 6,534,480.65 486,014.87 21,713.20 2,956,859.00 Gerald W. Shields 6,529,383.08 47,289.77 465,535.86 2,956,859.00 Mary Taylor 6,255,592.63 492,258.91 294,357.17 2,956,859.00 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000082/0000024090-23-000082-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CITIZENS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for 2023 at the 2023-06-06 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-06 source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as Independent Auditor Class A shareholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023. For: 9,944,344.51 Against: 21,440.26 Abstain: 33,221.95 Broker Non-Votes: N/A evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000082/0000024090-23-000082-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CITIZENS, INC. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-06-06 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-06 source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The Class A shareholders approved the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K and contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion. For: 6,508,533.51 Against: 505,627.76 Abstain: 28,047.45 Broker Non-Votes: 2,956,859.00 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000082/0000024090-23-000082-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.