---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-009009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBH"
cik: "0001368458"
company_name: "Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T13:09:40.340763+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sally Beauty shareholders elect all nine director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG

## Summary
- 94.65M shares voted (~89% of outstanding) at Jan 25 annual meeting; all nine director nominees elected with 85.5M-90.8M votes each.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 83.5M for, 6.9M against, 0.7M abstain; broker non-votes of 3.6M.
- Ratification of KPMG as FY2024 auditor approved: 91.8M for, 2.8M against, 11.6K abstain.
- Director votes: Rachel Bishop (85.5M for, 5.6M against) and Chip Molloy (86.3M for, 4.7M against) received highest opposition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-009009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBH
- cik: 0001368458
- company_name: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000095017024009009/0000950170-24-009009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000095017024009009/sbh-20240125.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Election of nine directors to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting at the 2024-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-25
  source text: Each of the individuals listed below was duly elected as a director of the Company to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000095017024009009/0000950170-24-009009-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2024-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-25
  source text: The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, including the Company’s compensation practices and principles and their implementation, was approved on an advisory (non-binding) basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000095017024009009/0000950170-24-009009-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024 at the 2024-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-25
  source text: The Board of Directors’ selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year was ratified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368458/000095017024009009/0000950170-24-009009-index.htm

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