---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000216085-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T14:07:34.460284+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Haverty shareholders elect all director nominees and approve executive compensation at annual meeting

## Summary
- Class A stockholders elected six directors: Dukes, Haverty Jr., Morhous, Palmer, Schiller, Trujillo; common stockholders elected Cote, Hough, Smith.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 23.25M for, 498K against, 41K abstain.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY 2024 passed with 24.59M for, 109K against.
- 97.7% of Class A and 90.1% of common stock were represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000216085-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/216085/000021608524000010/0000216085-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608524000010/hvt8k5824.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal 3: Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditor: The stockholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The voting results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP 24,586,662 108,924 10,330 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608524000010/0000216085-24-000010-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of common stock directors at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of common stock directors. 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/216085/000021608524000010/0000216085-24-000010-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of Class A common stock directors at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Class A common stock directors. 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/216085/000021608524000010/0000216085-24-000010-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The stockholders approved the following resolution regarding executive compensation. “RESOLVED, that the stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the accompanying compensation tables, and the related narrative disclosure in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.” The voting results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation 23,251,571 497,883 40,677 915,785
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000021608524000010/0000216085-24-000010-index.htm

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