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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000046250-23-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWKN"
cik: "0000046250"
company_name: "HAWKINS INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T09:50:46.936243+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawkins shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected; highest vote for Patrick H. Hawkins (15,573,440 for), lowest for James A. Faulconbridge (14,491,872 for).
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for FY2024: 17,813,559 for, 43,439 against, 21,320 abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 14,956,381 for, 948,422 against, 46,472 abstain.
- Shareholders recommended annual say-on-pay votes (14,627,367 for 1-year); board adopts annual frequency.
- Broker non-votes totaled 1,927,043 on director election and advisory proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046250-23-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWKN
- cik: 0000046250
- company_name: HAWKINS INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/46250/000004625023000027/0000046250-23-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625023000027/hwkn-20230802.htm

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