---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000048287-23-000174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNI"
cik: "0000048287"
company_name: "HNI CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:43:25.515404+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HNI annual meeting: all director nominees elected, KPMG ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Elected Miguel M. Calado (95.44%), Cheryl A. Francis (96.80%), John R. Hartnett (98.04%), Dhanusha Sivajee (95.82%) as directors for 3-year terms.
- Ratified KPMG LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 99.40% of votes cast.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 97.09% of votes cast.
- Shareholders voted every year (95.19% of votes cast) for frequency of future say-on-pay votes; board will hold annual advisory votes.
- Directors Bell, Hallinan, Jones continue for terms ending 2024; Lorenger, Porcellato, Smith continue for terms ending 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000048287-23-000174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNI
- cik: 0000048287
- company_name: HNI CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48287/000004828723000174/0000048287-23-000174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48287/000004828723000174/hni-20230517.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HNI CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Corporation’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, every year as the frequency of future advisory votes on Named Executive Officer compensation, with votes as follows: Every Year Every Two Years Every Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Vote Total 32,728,334.841 228,252.030 1,279,474 144,925 2,713,865
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48287/000004828723000174/0000048287-23-000174-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HNI CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Corporation’s shareholders approved three nominees, Jeffrey D. Lorenger, Larry B. Porcellato, and Abbie J. Smith, for election to the Board for a term expiring at the Corporation’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with votes as follows: Director % For 1 For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Miguel M. Calado 95.44% 32,813,766.797 1,567,219.074 2,713,865 Cheryl A. Francis 96.80% 33,281,043.797 1,099,942.074 2,713,865 John R. Hartnett 98.04% 33,708,388.797 672,597.074 2,713,865 Dhanusha Sivajee 95.82% 32,944,251.797 1,436,734.074 2,713,865
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48287/000004828723000174/0000048287-23-000174-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HNI CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Officer Compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Corporation’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation awarded by the Corporation to its Named Executive Officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement with votes as follows: %For 1 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 97.09% 32,994,524.123 987,171.748 399,290 2,713,865
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48287/000004828723000174/0000048287-23-000174-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HNI CORP shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s Independent Registered Public Accountant for Fiscal 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Corporation’s shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2023, with votes as follows: %For 1 For Against Abstain 99.40% 36,824,430.797 223,719 46,701.074
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48287/000004828723000174/0000048287-23-000174-index.htm

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