---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001050441-23-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGBN"
cik: "0001050441"
company_name: "EAGLE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:13:22.005964+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eagle Bancorp shareholders re-elect all directors; say-on-pay passes with 57.5% support

## Summary
- Nine directors re-elected; highest vote count 22.38M for Steven Freidkin, lowest 21.88M for James Soltesz.
- Crowe LLP ratified as auditor for 2023 with 25.76M for and 0.20M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 13.01M for, 9.63M against (57.5% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Advisory frequency vote selects one-year interval with 20.35M votes; company will hold annual say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001050441-23-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGBN
- cik: 0001050441
- company_name: EAGLE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044123000105/0001050441-23-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044123000105/gnw-20230518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EAGLE BANCORP INC shareholders approved Non-binding, advisory proposal on the frequency of advisory resolutions approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The number of votes cast for one year, two years, three years, withheld and broker non-votes cast on the non-binding, advisory proposal on the frequency of advisory resolutions approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers is as set forth below: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 20,348,927 52,223 2,138,028 212,093 3,240,379
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044123000105/0001050441-23-000105-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EAGLE BANCORP INC shareholders approved Non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The number of votes cast for, against, withheld and broker non-votes cast on the non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers is as set forth below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 13,007,951 9,632,129 111,187 3,240,383
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044123000105/0001050441-23-000105-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EAGLE BANCORP INC shareholders approved Election of nine directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: On May 18, 2023, Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") for the purpose of: 1. electing nine (9) directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044123000105/0001050441-23-000105-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EAGLE BANCORP INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The number of votes cast for, against, withheld and broker non-votes cast on the ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2023 is as set forth below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 25,756,832 196,719 38,099 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050441/000105044123000105/0001050441-23-000105-index.htm

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