---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-061073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRD-A"
cik: "0000025475"
company_name: "CRAWFORD & CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:25:06.558972+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crawford shareholders elect all nominees, approve stock plan, ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; Jesse C. Crawford Sr. received 1.4M withheld votes (7.7% of votes cast).
- Jesse C. Crawford Jr. and Rahul Patel each received over 2M withheld votes (~11% of votes cast).
- Shareholders approved amendments to Non-Employee Director Stock Plan and authorized 1,000,000 additional Class A shares.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor approved with 18.74M for, 50,586 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-061073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRD-A
- cik: 0000025475
- company_name: CRAWFORD & CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465924061073/0001104659-24-061073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465924061073/tm2414480d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CRAWFORD & CO shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountants at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: 3. 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 2024 fiscal year. The vote on the ratification was as follows: For Against Abstain 18,742,676 50,586 743 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465924061073/0001104659-24-061073-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRAWFORD & CO shareholders approved Proposal to approve amendments to the Crawford & Company Non-Employee Director Stock Plan and authorize 1,000,000 additional shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance under the Plan. at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: 2. Proposal to approve amendments to the Crawford & Company Non-Employee Director Stock Plan and authorize 1,000,000 additional shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance under the Plan. The shareholders approved the proposed amendments to the Non-Employee Director Stock Plan and the 1,000,000 additional Class A shares. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 17,583,084 821,095 744 389,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465924061073/0001104659-24-061073-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRAWFORD & CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25475/000110465924061073/0001104659-24-061073-index.htm

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