---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-002953"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QCRH"
cik: "0000906465"
company_name: "QCR HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:09:51.529427+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QCR Holdings declares $0.06 dividend; shareholders approve 2024 Equity Plan with 600k shares

## Summary
- Cash dividend of $0.06 per share declared, payable July 3, 2024 to holders of record June 14, 2024.
- Stockholders approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, authorizing up to 600,000 shares of common stock.
- Four Class I directors re-elected to three-year terms: Bates, Besong, Gipple, and Sorensen.
- Non-binding say-on-pay vote passed with 12,088,057 for vs 469,392 against.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 approved with 14,545,400 for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-002953
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QCRH
- cik: 0000906465
- company_name: QCR HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000117184324002953/0001171843-24-002953-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000117184324002953/f8k_051724.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 147e62a2034a71b697388b915927a5f96fe7a9e3
  claim: QCR HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: To recommend, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the frequency with which stockholders will vote on future say-on-pay proposals: EVERY 1 YEAR EVERY 2 YEARS EVERY 3 YEARS ABSTAIN 11,437,065 16,075 1,102,197 37,454 BROKER N.V. 2,233,936
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000117184324002953/0001171843-24-002953-index.htm
- claim_id: 40b454cef827f11434141fd740d8d5310cde7cb4
  claim: QCR HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Approval of QCR Holdings, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: To approve the QCR Holdings, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER N.V. 11,874,930 699,006 18,855 2,233,936
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000117184324002953/0001171843-24-002953-index.htm
- claim_id: 53d1fea443df10023e3ca6faa6a082b9d86b019f
  claim: QCR HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Ratification of RSM US LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: To ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 14,545,400 231,167 50,160
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000117184324002953/0001171843-24-002953-index.htm
- claim_id: 8defa5c7065577e1119ec4423872f9533643873e
  claim: QCR HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Election of four Class I directors at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: To elect four (4) Class I directors of the Company: NOMINEE FOR WITHHELD BROKER N.V. Mary Kay Bates 12,345,293 247,498 2,233,936 John-Paul E. Besong 12,156,354 436,437 2,233,936 Todd A. Gipple 11,809,883 782,908 2,233,936 Donna J. Sorensen 12,002,276 590,515 2,233,936
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000117184324002953/0001171843-24-002953-index.htm
- claim_id: d5db3da46d4c18b0f3552e66a5fab19e26f1ff8e
  claim: QCR HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay) at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: To approve, in a non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of certain executive officers, which is referred to as a “say-on-pay” vote: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER N.V. 12,088,057 469,392 35,342 2,233,936
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906465/000117184324002953/0001171843-24-002953-index.htm

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