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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000852772-24-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000852772"
company_name: "DENNY'S Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:02:01.760011+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Denny's annual meeting: all directors elected; GHG proposal narrowly defeated

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected (each >42M for); KPMG ratified as auditor for 2024.
- Advisory 'say-on-pay' resolution approved with ~44.1M for vs 1.2M against.
- GHG emissions disclosure proposal narrowly defeated: 21.8M for, 21.9M against, 1.8M abstain.
- Gestation crate elimination proposal defeated: 9.7M for, 34.0M against, 1.8M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000852772-24-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000852772
- company_name: DENNY'S Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000049/0000852772-24-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000049/denn-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000852772-24-000049.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7cbce43fc1715a9e0fb3b171cdb5e8f46c43c80f
  claim: DENNY'S Corp shareholders approved Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 3. An advisory resolution to approve the executive compensation of the Company: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 44,148,323 1,246,097 23,461 2,074,444
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000049/0000852772-24-000049-index.htm
- claim_id: 99e79181011c5053da174761948d280d7a0b06e0
  claim: DENNY'S Corp shareholders approved Election of eight directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 1. Election of eight (8) directors: Board of Directors Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Bernadette S. Aulestia 42,244,238 3,159,845 13,798 2,074,444 Olu Beck 45,251,497 152,359 14,025 2,074,444 Gregg R. Dedrick 43,907,388 1,499,246 11,247 2,074,444 José M. Gutiérrez 43,941,489 1,465,096 11,296 2,074,444 Brenda J. Lauderback 42,164,815 3,242,337 10,729 2,074,444 John C. Miller 44,031,847 1,371,756 14,278 2,074,444 Kelli F. Valade 44,083,045 1,321,026 13,810 2,074,444 Laysha Ward 42,118,082 3,288,821 10,978 2,074,444
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000049/0000852772-24-000049-index.htm
- claim_id: b0162181c674eae39cb7312156d65154879f86a4
  claim: DENNY'S Corp shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal requesting disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and reduction targets at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 4. A proposal that requests the Company to disclose its current greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, emissions data for any previous year during which they've been measured, and targets for further reducing its emissions with progress meeting the goals to be disclosed regularly: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 21,766,989 21,889,422 1,761,470 2,074,444
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000049/0000852772-24-000049-index.htm
- claim_id: b500db34137b7e2451f39d438ba3e864f0918dad
  claim: DENNY'S Corp shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal requesting targets for eliminating gestation crates in pork supply at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 5. A proposal that requests the Company to publish measurable, time-bound targets for eliminating (or at least significantly reducing) gestation crates in its pork supply and regularly report progress meeting them: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 9,675,943 33,980,147 1,761,791 2,074,444
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000049/0000852772-24-000049-index.htm
- claim_id: e892a2a1c642a3e395d5430e07da665d45f81a39
  claim: DENNY'S Corp shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 2. A proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Denny's Corporation and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 25, 2024: For Against Abstain 46,127,399 1,356,536 8,390
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/852772/000085277224000049/0000852772-24-000049-index.htm

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