--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001104659-23-061284" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "CRD-A" cik: "0000025475" company_name: "CRAWFORD & CO" filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:09:24.909639+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.2 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Crawford & Company shareholders elect 11 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY as auditor ## Summary - All 11 director nominees elected with majority 'For' votes count ranging from 15,042,996 to 17,837,603. - Advisory say-on-pay approved: 17,512,908 For, 389,647 Against, 17,680 Abstain. - Shareholders recommended advisory vote on exec compensation every 2 years; board adopts 2-year frequency until 2029. - Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY 2023 with 18,952,739 For, 42,493 Against, 1,471 Abstain. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001104659-23-061284 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: CRD-A - cik: 0000025475 - company_name: CRAWFORD & CO - filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - 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/25475/000110465923061284/0001104659-23-061284-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465923061284/tm2315889d1_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-061284 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-061284.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-061284.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes CRAWFORD & CO shareholders voted on Vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. at the 2023-05-12 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Meeting: 2023-05-12 source text: 3. Vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. The shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, that the Company hold future advisory votes on executive compensation every two years. The results of the vote were as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 4,088,400 13,245,519 554,227 32,089 1,076,468 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465923061284/0001104659-23-061284-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CRAWFORD & CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-12 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-12 source text: 1. Election of Directors . All of the nominees for director listed below were elected to serve as directors until the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The results of the election were as follows: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Inga K. Beale 17,780,158 140,077 1,076,468 Joseph O. Blanco 17,526,494 393,741 1,076,468 Cameron M. Bready 17,591,396 328,839 1,076,468 Jesse C. Crawford 16,496,772 1,423,463 1,076,468 Jesse C. Crawford, Jr. 16,480,087 1,440,148 1,076,468 Lisa G. Hannusch 16,517,270 1,402,965 1,076,468 Michelle E. Jarrard 17,837,283 82,952 1,076,468 Charles H. Ogburn 17,538,649 381,586 1,076,468 Rahul Patel 15,042,996 2,877,239 1,076,468 Rohit Verma 17,547,919 372,316 1,076,468 D. Richard Williams 17,837,603 82,632 1,076,468 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465923061284/0001104659-23-061284-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CRAWFORD & CO shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountants at the 2023-05-12 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-12 source text: 4. Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountants . The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2023 fiscal year. The vote on the ratification was as follows: For Against Abstain 18,952,739 42,493 1,471 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465923061284/0001104659-23-061284-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CRAWFORD & CO shareholders approved Proposed to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in 2022. at the 2023-05-12 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-12 source text: 2. Proposed to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in 2022. The shareholders approved the compensation paid to certain of the Company’s executive officers in 2022. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 17,512,908 389,647 17,680 1,076,468 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465923061284/0001104659-23-061284-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.