8-K
filed May 22, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
ticker SMBK
CIK 0001038773
other material
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.15
SmartFinancial shareholders elect 10 directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting
SMARTFINANCIAL INC.
- All 10 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 9.66M (Ogle) to 11.21M (Ackermann).
- Ratification of Elliott Davis as auditor: 13.77M for, 4,421 against, no broker non-votes.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 11.06M for, 331,566 against, 2.38M broker non-votes.
- Turnout: 80.61% of 17,098,473 shares outstanding present at the May 21, 2026 meeting.
Key facts
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
SMARTFINANCIAL INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Compensation Paid to SmartFinancial’s Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-21 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-21
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on the Compensation Paid to SmartFinancial’s Named Executive Officers. The Company’s shareholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the following vote:
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
SMARTFINANCIAL INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-21 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-21
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 2: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Elliott Davis, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, by the following vote:
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
SMARTFINANCIAL INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-21 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2026-05-21
Exact text from the filing
Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The Company’s shareholders elected each director nominee by the vote indicated for each such nominee below:
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