---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320335-25-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GL"
cik: "0000320335"
company_name: "GLOBE LIFE INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T04:19:53.123144+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Globe Life director Steven P. Johnson retires; all 12 directors elected at annual meeting

## Summary
- Steven P. Johnson retired from the Board effective April 24, 2025, at the Annual Meeting.
- All 12 director nominees elected; J. Matthew Darden and Frank M. Svoboda received over 3.4M votes against.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal approved with ~92% support (61.3M for, 5.2M against).
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as independent auditor for 2025 with 70.8M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320335-25-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GL
- cik: 0000320335
- company_name: GLOBE LIFE INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033525000025/0000320335-25-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033525000025/gl-20250429.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-25-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-25-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320335-25-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven P. Johnson retired as Director at GLOBE LIFE INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Steven P. Johnson retired from the Globe Life Inc. Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 24, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320335/000032033525000025/0000320335-25-000025-index.htm

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