--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001140361-23-028418" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "TDAY" cik: "0001579684" company_name: "USA TODAY Co., Inc." filed_at: "2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:21:43.908097+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.35 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Gannett shareholders elect all directors; majority voting and supermajority proposals fail ## Summary - All nine director nominees elected with 71.7M-106.7M votes for; Barbara Wall received 35.98M withheld. - Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for FY2023 with 125.4M for vs 275K against. - Advisory say-on-pay approved: 94.8M for, 12.5M against. - Majority voting bylaw amendment failed (needed 80% of outstanding shares), received 107.2M for but not sufficient. - Board elects not to implement officer exculpation charter amendment approved by shareholders. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001140361-23-028418 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: TDAY - cik: 0001579684 - company_name: USA TODAY Co., Inc. - filed_at: 2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.35 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07, 8.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/brhc20054037_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-028418 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-028418.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-028418.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendment to the Charter and Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements to amend the Bylaws at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders did not approve amendments to the Charter and Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements to amend the Bylaws. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendment to the Charter to eliminate the supermajority voting requirement to amend certain provisions of the Charter at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders did not approve amendments to the Charter to eliminate the supermajority voting requirement to amend certain provisions of the Charter. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders elected the following nine director nominees to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders approved the 2023 Stock Incentive Plan. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendment to the Bylaws to implement majority voting in uncontested director elections at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders did not approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to implement majority voting in uncontested director elections. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Amendment to the Charter to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”) to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation, subject to the Board of Director’s discretion not to implement such amendment. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm - Shareholder Votes USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendment to the Charter and Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements to remove directors and to appoint directors at the 2023-06-05 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-06-05 source text: The Company’s stockholders did not approve amendments to the Charter and Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements to remove directors and to appoint directors in the event that the entire Board of Directors is removed. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123028418/0001140361-23-028418-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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