---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000875357-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BOKF"
cik: "0000875357"
company_name: "BOK FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:21:25.343810+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BOK Financial annual meeting elects all 15 directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 15 director nominees elected; George B. Kaiser received 7.7M withheld votes, highest among nominees.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY2026 with 57.5M votes for (99.2% of votes cast).
- Advisory say-on-pay vote passed with 54.9M for (99.0% of votes cast).
- Broker non-votes totaled approximately 5.4M for director election and say-on-pay items.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000875357-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BOKF
- cik: 0000875357
- company_name: BOK FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535726000036/0000875357-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535726000036/bokf-20260505.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000875357-26-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000875357-26-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000875357-26-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BOK FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-05
  source text: 3. Advisory vote to approve the compensation of named executive officers 54,864,505 339,765 197,745 5,359,045
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535726000036/0000875357-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BOK FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-05
  source text: 1. Election of Directors For Withheld Abstain Non-Vote Alan S. Armstrong 44,558,125 10,843,890 — 5,359,045 Steven Bangert 55,025,414 376,601 — 5,359,045 John W. Coffey 52,157,882 3,244,133 — 5,359,045 Joseph W. Craft, III 54,840,990 561,025 — 5,359,045 David F. Griffin 54,838,833 563,182 — 5,359,045 E. Carey Joullian, IV 51,729,139 3,672,876 — 5,359,045 George B. Kaiser 47,688,553 7,713,462 — 5,359,045 Stacy C. Kymes 50,766,340 4,635,675 — 5,359,045 Steven J. Malcolm 52,028,617 3,373,398 — 5,359,045 Emmet C. Richards 54,839,572 562,443 — 5,359,045 Claudia S. San Pedro 52,155,790 3,246,225 — 5,359,045 Kayse M. Shrum 55,253,074 148,941 — 5,359,045 Michael C. Turpen 54,960,373 441,642 — 5,359,045 Robert A. Waldo 55,021,163 380,852 — 5,359,045 Rose M. Washington-Jones 55,235,795 166,220 — 5,359,045
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535726000036/0000875357-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BOK FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-05
  source text: For Against Abstain/Withheld Non-Vote 2. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2026 57,510,776 477,573 14,518 2,758,193
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875357/000087535726000036/0000875357-26-000036-index.htm

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