---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-23-000623"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOFT"
cik: "0001077688"
company_name: "HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:29:46.337986+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hooker Furnishings shareholders re-elect all directors, approve say-on-pay annually

## Summary
- Seven directors elected with 7.6M to 8.1M votes for; broker non-votes 1.09M on each.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for FY2024 with 9.08M for, 0.21M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 7.60M for, 0.47M against; frequency set to every year.
- Board appointed W. Christopher Beeler, Jr. as Chair; Henson, Duey, Jackson as committee chairs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-23-000623
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOFT
- cik: 0001077688
- company_name: HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518523000623/0001185185-23-000623-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518523000623/hoft20230608_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-23-000623.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 4. The option to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year received the highest number of votes, as set forth below: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-votes 7,197,541 69,831 791,741 136,590 1,094,643
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518523000623/0001185185-23-000623-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp shareholders approved Advisory approval of compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 3. The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. The proposal was approved by the following vote: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 7,598,561 467,340 129,802 1,094,643
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518523000623/0001185185-23-000623-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending January 28, 2024 at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 2. The Company’s shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 28, 2024 by the following vote: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-votes 9,077,966 205,571 6,809 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518523000623/0001185185-23-000623-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp shareholders approved Election of seven directors to serve a one-year term at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 1. The Company’s shareholders elected each of the following seven directors to serve a one-year term on the Company’s Board of Directors by the following vote: Votes Votes Broker Director For Withheld Non-votes W. Christopher Beeler, Jr. 7,603,698 592,005 1,094,643 Maria C. Duey 8,033,807 161,896 1,094,643 Paulette Garafalo 8,034,987 160,716 1,094,643 Christopher L. Henson 8,099,434 96,269 1,094,643 Jeremy R. Hoff 8,098,660 97,043 1,094,643 Tonya H. Jackson 8,034,882 160,821 1,094,643 Ellen C. Taaffe 7,985,739 209,964 1,094,643
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518523000623/0001185185-23-000623-index.htm

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