---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000845877-23-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGM"
cik: "0000845877"
company_name: "FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T17:40:48.828458+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Mac shareholders elect all 10 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected by plurality: Class A and Class B stockholders.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2023: 1,225,591 for, 1,044 against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved: 1,012,521 for, 1,188 against.
- Stockholders approved one-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (790,364 for one year).
- Five presidential appointees continue as directors: Junkins, Wilcher, Culver, Faivre, Stones.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000845877-23-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGM
- cik: 0000845877
- company_name: FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587723000141/0000845877-23-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587723000141/agm-20230518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Listed below are the final results for the election of directors (by class, with cumulative voting): Class A Stockholders Nominee Number of Votes For Broker Non-Votes Dennis L. Brack 604,825 80,005 James R. Engebretsen 607,711 80,005 Mitchell A. Johnson 606,035 80,005 Eric T. McKissack 527,165 80,005 Todd P. Ware 609,657 80,005 Class B Stockholders Nominee Number of Votes For Broker Non-Votes Richard H. Davidson 527,569 None Everett M. Dobrinski 628,897 None Amy H. Gales 436,282 None Robert G. Sexton 124,327 None Roy H. Tiarks 527,569 None
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587723000141/0000845877-23-000141-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Compensation of Farmer Mac's Named Executive Officers (Say-on-Frequency) at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Listed below are the final results for the stockholder Say-on-Frequency advisory vote (Class A votes and Class B votes combined): Number of Votes One Year 790,364 Two Years 1,500 Three Years 220,453 Abstain 166,753 Broker Non-Votes 80,005
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587723000141/0000845877-23-000141-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Farmer Mac's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Listed below are the final results for the stockholder vote on the ratification of that selection (Class A votes and Class B votes combined): Number of Votes For 1,225,591 Against 1,044 Abstain 2,440 Broker Non-Votes None
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587723000141/0000845877-23-000141-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Farmer Mac's Named Executive Officers (Say-on-Pay) at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Listed below are the final results for the stockholder Say-on-Pay advisory vote (Class A votes and Class B votes combined): Number of Votes For 1,012,521 Against 1,188 Abstain 165,361 Broker Non-Votes 80,005
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/845877/000084587723000141/0000845877-23-000141-index.htm

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