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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-011620"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HGBL"
cik: "0000849145"
company_name: "Heritage Global Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T02:10:32.348724+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve 2022 equity plan (3.5M shares) and re-elect three Class I directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2022 Equity Incentive Plan authorizing 3,500,000 common shares, replacing 2016 Stock Option Plan.
- Ross Dove, Kelly Sharpe, and Samuel L. Shimer re-elected as Class I directors with majority votes.
- Baker Tilly US, LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
- Voting results: 19,025,245 for plan, 316,899 against, 581,094 abstentions, 6,744,649 broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-011620
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HGBL
- cik: 0000849145
- company_name: Heritage Global Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849145/000095017022011620/0000950170-22-011620-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849145/000095017022011620/hgbl-20220608.htm

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