---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-024806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAME"
cik: "0000008177"
company_name: "ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T14:48:08.508581+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# All director nominees elected and FORVIS LLP ratified as auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Six directors each received >16.2M votes for; broker non-votes ~1.17M per nominee.
- Ratification of FORVIS as auditor passed: 18,114,443 for, 220,298 against, 368,640 abstain.
- Meeting held May 6, 2024; all company-sponsored proposals approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-024806
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAME
- cik: 0000008177
- company_name: ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+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/8177/000114036124024806/0001140361-24-024806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8177/000114036124024806/ef20028558_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of FORVIS, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: (b) A vote regarding the ratification of the appointment of FORVIS, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: Shares Voted For Against Abstain 18,114,443 220,298 368,640
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8177/000114036124024806/0001140361-24-024806-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP shareholders approved Election of six directors at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: (a) A vote regarding the election of six (6) directors of the Company to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified: Shares Voted For Withhold Broker Non-Vote (1) Hilton H. Howell, Jr. 16,231,535 1,300,378 1,171,468 (2) Robin R. Howell 16,206,410 1,325,503 1,171,468 (3) Mark E. Preisinger 16,645,726 886,187 1,171,468 (4) Joseph M. Scheerer 16,617,659 914,254 1,171,468 (5) Scott G. Thompson 16,228,922 1,302,991 1,171,468 (6) D. Keehln Wheeler 16,644,271 887,642 1,171,468
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8177/000114036124024806/0001140361-24-024806-index.htm

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