---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000726854-24-000127"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHCO"
cik: "0000726854"
company_name: "CITY HOLDING CO"
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T10:24:02.925320+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# City Holding shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation

## Summary
- Shareholders elected four Class I directors (Burton, Jones, Rossi, Strong-Treister) and one Class III director (Parsons).
- J. Thomas Jones received 2,128,786 votes against, the highest opposition among director nominees.
- Ratification of Crowe LLP as independent auditor approved with 12,294,573 votes for, 12,561 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 9,877,838 for, 443,188 against, 103,209 abstain.
- Turnout was 83.16% with 12,358,079 shares voted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000726854-24-000127
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHCO
- cik: 0000726854
- company_name: CITY HOLDING CO
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726854/000072685424000127/0000726854-24-000127-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726854/000072685424000127/chco-20240424.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CITY HOLDING CO shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 2—Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . The Company’s shareholders ratified, on an advisory basis, the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 12,294,573 12,561 50,945 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726854/000072685424000127/0000726854-24-000127-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CITY HOLDING CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 1—Election of Directors . The Company’s shareholders elected four nominees to serve as Class I Directors each for a three-year term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and one nominee to serve as a Class III Director for a two-year term expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting. Class For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Gregory A. Burton I 10,310,065 69,208 44,965 1,933,841 J. Thomas Jones I 8,239,296 2,128,786 56,155 1,933,842 James L. Rossi I 10,105,966 270,493 47,779 1,933,841 Diane W. Strong-Treister I 9,412,346 954,512 57,381 1,933,840 James M. Parsons III 10,318,526 61,610 44,103 1,933,840
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726854/000072685424000127/0000726854-24-000127-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CITY HOLDING CO shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Proposal 3—Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation . The Company’s shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 9,877,838 443,188 103,209 1,933,844
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/726854/000072685424000127/0000726854-24-000127-index.htm

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