---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-004036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPO"
cik: "0000851520"
company_name: "EXPONENT INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-10T20:05:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T20:06:36.011206+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exponent annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, KPMG ratified, say-on-pay passes

## Summary
- Elected six directors: Brown, Corrigan, Lindstrom, Richardson, Schlenker, Zumwalt; each received >40M votes for.
- Ratified KPMG as independent auditor for FY ending Jan 1, 2027: 44.6M for, 0.5M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay for fiscal 2025 approved with 40.4M for, 0.8M against.
- Karen Richardson appointed Chairman of the Board; audit committee chaired by George Brown.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-004036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPO
- cik: 0000851520
- company_name: EXPONENT INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-10T20:05:18+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184326004036/0001171843-26-004036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184326004036/f8k_061026.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-004036.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EXPONENT INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation for Fiscal 2025 at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Our stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the fiscal 2025 compensation of our named executive officers in accordance with SEC rules.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184326004036/0001171843-26-004036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EXPONENT INC shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG as our Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal 2026 at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Our stockholders ratified our selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements for the fiscal year ending January 1, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184326004036/0001171843-26-004036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EXPONENT INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Our stockholders elected George H. Brown, Catherine Ford Corrigan, Ph.D., Carol Lindstrom, Karen A. Richardson, Richard L. Schlenker Jr. and Debra L. Zumwalt.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851520/000117184326004036/0001171843-26-004036-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.