---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000216085-23-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:55:38.376400+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Havertys annual meeting results: all directors elected, compensation plan and auditor ratified

## Summary
- Class A directors (6 nominees) elected with >98% votes for each; common directors (3) elected with >64% votes for each.
- Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan approved: 21.87M for, 164K against, 2.02M broker non-vote.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 21.93M for, 98.97K against, 2.02M broker non-vote.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor: 24.0M for, 59K against, no broker non-vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000216085-23-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000009/0000216085-23-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000009/hvt8k51223.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditor at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: The stockholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000009/0000216085-23-000009-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: The stockholders approved the following resolution regarding executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000009/0000216085-23-000009-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Approval of Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: The stockholders approved the Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000009/0000216085-23-000009-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of common stock directors at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: The holders of common stock elected all three director nominees at the annual meeting to serve a one-year term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000009/0000216085-23-000009-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of Class A common stock directors at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: The holders of Class A common stock elected all six director nominees at the annual meeting to serve a one-year term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608523000009/0000216085-23-000009-index.htm

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