---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000024090-23-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIA"
cik: "0000024090"
company_name: "CITIZENS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:31:08.580939+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citizens, Inc. say-on-pay vote: 6.1M shares for annual frequency, company adopts annual vote

## Summary
- 6,124,970 votes for annual frequency, 582,402 for triennial, 11,472 for biennial.
- Broker non-votes were 3,260,350; vote is non-binding, company will continue annual say-on-pay votes.
- Annual meeting was adjourned from June 6 to June 20 to allow more time for this proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000024090-23-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIA
- cik: 0000024090
- company_name: CITIZENS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000086/0000024090-23-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000086/cia-20230620.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-23-000086
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-23-000086.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000024090-23-000086.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CITIZENS, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Say-On-Pay Frequency at the 2023-06-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-20
  source text: Proposal 4 – Advisory Vote on Say-On-Pay Frequency The Class A shareholders voted on the Say-On-Pay Frequency as follows: 1 Year 6,124,970.43 2 Years 11,471.91 3 Years 582,401.81 Abstain 16,571.56 Broker Non-Votes: 3,260,350.00
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24090/000002409023000086/0000024090-23-000086-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.