---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-024922"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DGICA"
cik: "0000800457"
company_name: "DONEGAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:19:11.735714+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Donegal Group annual meeting results: directors elected, say-on-pay approved, 3-year frequency chosen

## Summary
- Stockholders elected Kevin G. Burke, Jack L. Hess, David C. King, and Annette B. Szady as Class A Directors for three-year terms.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 6,632,754 for, 109,558 against, 10,974 abstain.
- Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay: 5,951,740 votes for 3 years, 746,681 for 1 year, 45,390 for 2 years.
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor for 2023 approved: 6,900,008 for, 34,212 against, 2,924 abstain.
- Total votes represented: 6,937,144 out of 8,293,086 entitled votes (Class A and Class B combined).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-024922
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DGICA
- cik: 0000800457
- company_name: DONEGAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800457/000114036123024922/0001140361-23-024922-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800457/000114036123024922/brhc20052995_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DONEGAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of Class A Directors to serve for a term of three years at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: At the annual meeting, the stockholders elected Kevin G. Burke, Jack L. Hess. David C. King and Annette B. Szady as Class A Directors to serve for a term of three years and until their successors take office. The votes cast for the election of Class A Directors were as follows: Number of Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Kevin G. Burke 6,151,268 602,019 183,857 Jack L. Hess 5,909,066 844,221 183,857 David C. King 6,152,587 600,700 183,857 Annette B. Szady 6,154,641 598,646 183,857
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800457/000114036123024922/0001140361-23-024922-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DONEGAL GROUP INC shareholders voted on Advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: Advisory vote on the frequency of the stockholder advisory votes on compensation of named executive officers. Number of Votes 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 746,681 45,390 5,951,740 9,475 183,858
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800457/000114036123024922/0001140361-23-024922-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DONEGAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of selection of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: Ratification of the selection by the audit committee of our board of directors of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2023. Number of Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 6,900,008 34,212 2,924 --
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800457/000114036123024922/0001140361-23-024922-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DONEGAL GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-04-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-20
  source text: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers. Number of Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 6,632,754 109,558 10,974 183,858
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/800457/000114036123024922/0001140361-23-024922-index.htm

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