--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001173514-24-000084" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "HY" cik: "0001173514" company_name: "HYSTER-YALE, INC." filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:56:05.626068+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.45 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Hyster-Yale shareholders approve equity plan amendment adding 800k shares, officer exculpation, elect directors ## Summary - Shareholders approved amendment to 2020 Equity Plan, adding 800k shares for total pool of 1,708,570 shares; term extended to 2034. - Shareholders approved amendment to certificate of incorporation to provide officer exculpation under Delaware law. - All 14 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 40.4M to 44.6M. - Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 44.3M for, 0.3M against. - Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for 2024 with 45.9M for. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001173514-24-000084 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: HY - cik: 0001173514 - company_name: HYSTER-YALE, INC. - filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.45 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/0001173514-24-000084-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/hy-20240508.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001173514-24-000084 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001173514-24-000084.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001173514-24-000084.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes HYSTER-YALE, INC.: Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for exculpation of certain officers from liability as permitted by Delaware law (effective 2024-05-08). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2024-05-08 source text: On May 8, 2024, at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to provide for the exculpation of certain of the Company’s officers from liability in specific circumstances, as permitted by Delaware law. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/0001173514-24-000084-index.htm - Shareholder Votes HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the Company's named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-08 source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company's named executive officer compensation: For 44,260,149 Against 323,189 Abstain 85,052 Broker non-votes 1,400,693 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/0001173514-24-000084-index.htm - Shareholder Votes HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Amendment to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation at the 2024-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-08 source text: The stockholders approved an Amendment to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation: For 41,082,319 Against 3,573,892 Abstain 12,179 Broker non-votes 1,400,693 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/0001173514-24-000084-index.htm - Shareholder Votes HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Election of fourteen nominees to the Board of Directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-08 source text: The stockholders elected the following fourteen nominees to the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected: DIRECTOR VOTES FOR VOTES WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES Colleen R. Batcheler 42,552,236 2,116,154 1,400,693 James B. Bemowski 44,573,632 94,758 1,400,693 J.C. Butler, Jr. 41,937,842 2,730,548 1,400,693 Gary L. Collar 44,601,362 67,028 1,400,693 Carolyn Corvi 42,552,454 2,115,936 1,400,693 Edward T. Eliopoulos 44,420,637 247,753 1,400,693 John P. Jumper 42,526,321 2,142,069 1,400,693 Dennis W. LaBarre 40,392,116 4,276,274 1,400,693 Rajiv K. Prasad 44,520,005 148,385 1,400,693 H. Vincent Poor 42,558,218 2,110,172 1,400,693 Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. 42,285,983 2,382,407 1,400,693 Claiborne R. Rankin 42,214,856 2,453,534 1,400,693 Britton T. Taplin 42,228,723 2,439,667 1,400,693 David B.H. Williams 42,223,500 2,444,890 1,400,693 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/0001173514-24-000084-index.htm - Shareholder Votes HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Amendment and restatement of the Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. 2020 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated Effective May 8, 2024) at the 2024-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-08 source text: The stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. 2020 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated Effective May 8, 2024): For 44,495,970 Against 107,463 Abstain 64,957 Broker non-votes 1,400,693 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/0001173514-24-000084-index.htm - Shareholder Votes HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-08 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-08 source text: The stockholders confirmed the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the current fiscal year: For 45,877,873 Against 174,894 Abstain 16,316 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351424000084/0001173514-24-000084-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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