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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-26-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOFT"
cik: "0001077688"
company_name: "HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp"
filed_at: "2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:46:49.608938+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hooker Furnishings enters cooperation with GVIC; Board Chair Beeler to retire at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Cooperation agreement signed Jan 1, 2026; GVIC and Hooker to identify a mutually agreeable independent director within 45 days.
- Board to expand from 8 to 9 to appoint new director; company will nominate for 2026 and 2027 annual meetings.
- Board Chair W. Christopher Beeler Jr. retiring at 2026 annual meeting after 33 years; no disagreement with company.
- GVIC agrees to voting commitments and standstill, including ownership cap of 9.9% until ~2028.
- At 2026 annual meeting, one incumbent director (not the new director) will not stand for re-election.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-26-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOFT
- cik: 0001077688
- company_name: HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp
- filed_at: 2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518526000011/0001185185-26-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518526000011/hoft8k010226.htm

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