secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hilltop Holdings Inc. (HTH)
CIK:        0001265131
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-071798
Event type: other
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465925071798/0001104659-25-071798-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1265131/000110465925071798/tm2521925d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-071798

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