---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000315213-23-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RHI"
cik: "0000315213"
company_name: "ROBERT HALF INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:10:01.677648+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Robert Half stockholders elect all director nominees, approve say-on-pay and auditor

## Summary
- Elected all eight director nominees; Frederick A. Richman received 75.1M for, 16.7M against, largest dissent.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 87.4M for, 4.2M against.
- Advisory vote favored 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (88.5M for 1 year).
- Ratification of PwC as 2023 auditor approved with 91.0M for, 5.3M against.
- Broker non-votes were 4.5M on director elections and advisory proposals; none on auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000315213-23-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RHI
- cik: 0000315213
- company_name: ROBERT HALF INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521323000063/0000315213-23-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521323000063/rhi-20230517.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ROBERT HALF INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The proposal regarding the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors for 2023 was approved by the following vote: For 90,985,936 Against 5,314,102 Abstain 68,123 Broker Non-Votes 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521323000063/0000315213-23-000063-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROBERT HALF INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The four matters voted on by stockholders at the annual meeting were (1) the election of the eight directors named below
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521323000063/0000315213-23-000063-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROBERT HALF INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, executive compensation was approved by the following vote: For 87,435,951 Against 4,191,897 Abstain 239,589 Broker Non-Votes 4,500,724
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521323000063/0000315213-23-000063-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROBERT HALF INC. shareholders voted on Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The results of the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation were as follows: 1 Year 88,516,818 2 Years 649,283 3 Years 2,622,510 Abstain 78,826 Broker Non-Votes 4,500,724
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315213/000031521323000063/0000315213-23-000063-index.htm

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