---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001173514-26-000125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HY"
cik: "0001173514"
company_name: "HYSTER-YALE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-14T18:52:44+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T18:53:45.636680+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyster-Yale shareholders elect 15 directors, approve say-on-pay and equity plan amendment at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 15 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 40.4M to 44.8M, with 1.4M broker non-votes each.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 43.1M for, 1.8M against, 133k abstain.
- Non-Employee Directors' Equity Compensation Plan amendment approved: 44.3M for, 736k against, 19k abstain.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor: 46.1M for, 337k against, 36k abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001173514-26-000125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HY
- cik: 0001173514
- company_name: HYSTER-YALE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T18:52:44+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1173514/000117351426000125/0001173514-26-000125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351426000125/hy-20260512.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Amendment and restatement of Non-Employee Directors' Equity Compensation Plan at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: The stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company's Non-Employee Directors' Equity Compensation Plan: For 44,269,192 Against 736,481 Abstain 19,201 Broker non-votes 1,415,138
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351426000125/0001173514-26-000125-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  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 46,067,184 Against 336,844 Abstain 35,984
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351426000125/0001173514-26-000125-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Election of fifteen nominees to the Board of Directors at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: The stockholders elected the following fifteen 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 42,764,920 2,259,954 1,415,138 James B. Bemowski 44,799,540 225,334 1,415,138 J.C. Butler, Jr. 41,487,445 3,537,429 1,415,138 Gary L. Collar 44,690,739 334,135 1,415,138 Carolyn Corvi 42,372,410 2,652,464 1,415,138 Edward T. Eliopoulos 44,658,299 366,575 1,415,138 John P. Jumper 42,363,369 2,661,505 1,415,138 Dennis W. LaBarre 40,434,621 4,590,253 1,415,138 Ann A. O'Hara 44,807,405 217,469 1,415,138 H. Vincent Poor 42,644,791 2,380,083 1,415,138 Rajiv K. Prasad 44,758,527 266,347 1,415,138 Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. 42,432,273 2,592,601 1,415,138 Claiborne R. Rankin 42,582,824 2,442,050 1,415,138 Britton T. Taplin 44,385,906 638,968 1,415,138 David B.H. Williams 42,607,215 2,417,659 1,415,138
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351426000125/0001173514-26-000125-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HYSTER-YALE, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company's named executive officer compensation: For 43,107,958 Against 1,783,884 Abstain 133,032 Broker non-votes 1,415,138
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173514/000117351426000125/0001173514-26-000125-index.htm

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