---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000721994-23-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKFN"
cik: "0000721994"
company_name: "LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T03:23:11.356844+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lakeland Financial shareholders re-elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 16.1M to 19.5M; broker non-votes ~2.9M.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 16.2M for, 3.7M against.
- Shareholders selected annual frequency for say-on-pay votes (18.8M for 1 year); company adopts annual frequency.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent auditor approved with 22.5M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000721994-23-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKFN
- cik: 0000721994
- company_name: LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199423000027/0000721994-23-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199423000027/lkfn-20230411.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000721994-23-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Approval of Advisory Proposal on Executive Compensation at the 2023-04-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-11
  source text: Approval of Advisory Proposal on Executive Compensation: For Against Abstain/Withhold Broker Non-votes 16,210,533 3,684,424 116,249 2,938,027
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199423000027/0000721994-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-04-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-11
  source text: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 18,756,318 28,746 986,750 239,392
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199423000027/0000721994-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-04-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-11
  source text: On April 11, 2023, the Company's annual meeting of stockholders was held. At the meeting, the stockholders elected A. Faraz Abbasi, Blake W. Augsburger, Robert E. Bartels, Jr., Darrianne P. Christian, David M. Findlay, Michael L. Kubacki, Emily E. Pichon, Steven D. Ross, Brian J. Smith, Bradley J. Toothaker, and M Scott Welch, each with terms expiring in 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199423000027/0000721994-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Crowe LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-04-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-11
  source text: Ratification of Crowe LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: For Against Abstain/Withhold Broker Non-votes 22,521,506 386,692 41,035
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/721994/000072199423000027/0000721994-23-000027-index.htm

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