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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000085535-25-000085"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGLD"
cik: "0000085535"
company_name: "ROYAL GOLD INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T12:18:03.294602+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Royal Gold stockholders approve 2025 Incentive Plan, elect directors

## Summary
- Plan authorizes up to 2,642,905 shares of common stock (350,000 new + 2,292,905 from prior plan).
- All three Class II director nominees elected: Hayes (46.1M for), Isto (52.5M for), Vance (52.0M for).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 52.6M votes for (97.8% of votes cast).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2025 approved with 58.7M votes for.
- Plan includes options, SARs, restricted stock, RSUs, and cash-based awards with standard terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000085535-25-000085
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGLD
- cik: 0000085535
- company_name: ROYAL GOLD INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/85535/000008553525000085/0000085535-25-000085-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/85535/000008553525000085/rgld-20250522.htm

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