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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-071798"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTH"
cik: "0001265131"
company_name: "Hilltop Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:32:39.043548+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hilltop Holdings say-on-pay fails; director W. Robert Nichols receives 60% withhold votes

## Summary
- Advisory vote on 2024 executive compensation failed: 21.1M for, 28.7M against (majority against).
- All 13 director nominees elected; W. Robert Nichols had 20.1M for, 30.0M withheld (60% withheld).
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved: 38.8M for, 0.7M against, 16.6M abstain.
- Gerald J. Ford resigned as Chairman Emeritus effective July 8, 2025, after ceasing as director April 24.
- Vote dispute noted: 15.5M shares of Diamond A Financial L.P. contested; outcome unchanged for proposals 1 and 3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-071798
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTH
- cik: 0001265131
- company_name: Hilltop Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465925071798/0001104659-25-071798-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465925071798/tm2521925d1_8k.htm

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