---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-058090"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WD"
cik: "0001497770"
company_name: "Walker & Dunlop, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T17:45:58.848050+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Walker & Dunlop shareholders approve 2024 equity plan; CEO Walker adds President title

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, adding 1.5M shares and extending term to Feb 2034.
- CEO William M. Walker appointed President, effective May 2, 2024.
- All six director nominees elected; KPMG LLP ratified as auditor for FY2024.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 26.7M for, 423K against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-058090
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WD
- cik: 0001497770
- company_name: Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- 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/1497770/000110465924058090/0001104659-24-058090-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465924058090/tm2413506d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-058090.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William M. Walker was appointed as President at Walker & Dunlop, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: on May 2, 2024, the Board appointed William M. Walker, currently the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, to also serve in the position of President, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465924058090/0001104659-24-058090-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Walker & Dunlop, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 29,914,767 491,994 20,952 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465924058090/0001104659-24-058090-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Walker & Dunlop, Inc. shareholders approved Election of directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Election of directors for a one-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes Jeffery R. Hayward 26,822,503 151,938 165,126 3,288,146
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465924058090/0001104659-24-058090-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Walker & Dunlop, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the adoption of the Walker & Dunlop, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Approval of the adoption of the Plan: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 26,697,530 414,414 27,622 3,288,146
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465924058090/0001104659-24-058090-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Walker & Dunlop, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 26,688,263 423,300 28,004 3,288,146
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497770/000110465924058090/0001104659-24-058090-index.htm

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