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Issuer:     HEARTLAND FINANCIAL USA INC (—)
CIK:        0000920112
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000920112-23-000166
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 1.01, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Heartland Financial adopts deferred comp plan, shareholders approve board declassification at annual meeting
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- Declassification proposal approved with 29,266,875 votes for, 414,709 against, 82,116 abstain.
- All four Class III director nominees elected: Engel, Flynn, Hopkins, Lee each received >27M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 28,791,112 for; frequency set at 1 year (27,125,173 votes).
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2023 approved with 33,518,169 for, 1,487,520 against.
- Directors Deferred Compensation Plan adopted as unfunded non-qualified plan effective June 1, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920112/000092011223000166/0000920112-23-000166-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920112/000092011223000166/htlf-20230613.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000920112-23-000166

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