---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000715787-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TILE"
cik: "0000715787"
company_name: "INTERFACE INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:14:53.953252+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with majority votes; Daniel Hendrix received 47,495,508 for and 1,680,572 withheld.
- Say-on-pay approved: 44,185,902 for (93.0%), 4,712,734 against, 277,444 abstain.
- Advisory vote on frequency: every 1 year received 46,134,697 votes; Board will hold annual say-on-pay votes until next frequency vote.
- Ratification of BDO USA as independent auditor for 2023 approved: 49,924,460 for, 1,790,163 against, 971,757 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000715787-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TILE
- cik: 0000715787
- company_name: INTERFACE INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715787/000071578723000026/0000715787-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715787/000071578723000026/tile-20230515.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  INTERFACE INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP to serve as independent auditors for 2023 at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP to serve as independent auditors for 2023: For: 49,924,460 Against: 1,790,163 Abstain: 971,757 Non-Votes: 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715787/000071578723000026/0000715787-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INTERFACE INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: Election of Directors (elected by plurality vote): For Withheld Non-Votes John P. Burke 46,398,501 2,777,579 3,510,300 Dwight Gibson 47,977,263 1,198,817 3,510,300 Daniel T. Hendrix 47,495,508 1,680,572 3,510,300 Laurel M. Hurd 48,064,714 1,111,366 3,510,300 Christopher G. Kennedy 45,087,324 4,088,756 3,510,300 Joseph Keough 46,968,383 2,207,697 3,510,300 Catherine M. Kilbane 47,090,510 2,085,570 3,510,300 K. David Kohler 45,930,410 3,245,670 3,510,300 Robert T. O'Brien 46,879,678 2,296,402 3,510,300
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715787/000071578723000026/0000715787-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INTERFACE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation: Every 3 years: 2,998,831 Every 2 years: 15,985 Every 1 year: 46,134,697 Abstain: 26,567 Non-Votes: 3,510,300
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715787/000071578723000026/0000715787-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INTERFACE INC shareholders approved Approval of executive compensation at the 2023-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-15
  source text: Approval of executive compensation: For: 44,185,902 Against: 4,712,734 Abstain: 277,444 Non-Votes: 3,510,300
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715787/000071578723000026/0000715787-23-000026-index.htm

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