---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-027632"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPO"
cik: "0000851520"
company_name: "EXPONENT INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:29:48.690736+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exponent stockholders elect all director nominees and ratify KPMG at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Six directors elected: Brown, Corrigan, Johnson, Lindstrom, Richardson, Zumwalt; each received >43M votes for.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for fiscal 2023 with 47.2M votes for, 0.85M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (41.6M for, 2.5M against); annual frequency selected (42.8M votes for one year).
- Broker non-votes for director and advisory proposals totaled 4,040,513.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-027632
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPO
- cik: 0000851520
- company_name: EXPONENT INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-13T23:59:59+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/851520/000095017023027632/0000950170-23-027632-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000095017023027632/expo-20230608.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EXPONENT INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Stockholder Votes to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal Four: Advisory Vote on Frequency of Stockholder Votes to Approve Executive Compensation Our stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, that an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers be held every year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000095017023027632/0000950170-23-027632-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EXPONENT INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal One: Election of Directors Our stockholders elected George H. Brown, Catherine Ford Corrigan, Ph.D., Paul R. Johnson, Ph.D., Carol Lindstrom, Karen A. Richardson, and Debra L. Zumwalt.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000095017023027632/0000950170-23-027632-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EXPONENT INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation for Fiscal 2022 at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal Three: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation for Fiscal 2022 Our stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the fiscal 2022 compensation of our named executive officers in accordance with SEC rules.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000095017023027632/0000950170-23-027632-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EXPONENT INC shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG as our Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal 2023 at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal Two: Ratification of KPMG as our Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal 2023 Our stockholders ratified our selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements for the year ending December 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000095017023027632/0000950170-23-027632-index.htm

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