---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-26-000594"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOFT"
cik: "0001077688"
company_name: "HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:19:02.370245+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hooker Furnishings extends director search deadline with GVIC to Feb 2027

## Summary
- Deadline for mutually agreeable independent director extended from Feb 15, 2026 to Feb 28, 2027.
- GVIC beneficially owns 560,490.5 shares of HOFT common stock as of the amendment date.
- At least one current director will not stand for reelection at the 2026 annual meeting.
- Original Cooperation Agreement dated Jan 1, 2026; other terms unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-26-000594
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOFT
- cik: 0001077688
- company_name: HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518526000594/0001185185-26-000594-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518526000594/hoft8k021326.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  HOOKER FURNISHINGS Corp amended First Amendment to Cooperation Agreement with Global Value Investment Corporation and certain of its affiliates (collectively, GVIC) (effective 2026-02-17).
  - Action: amendment
  - Counterparty: Global Value Investment Corporation and certain of its affiliates (collectively, GVIC)
  - Effective: 2026-02-17
  source text: On February 17, 2026, Hooker Furnishings Corporation (the “ Company ”) entered into a First Amendment to Cooperation Agreement (the “ Amendment ”) with Global Value Investment Corporation and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “ GVIC ”), which amends that certain Cooperation Agreement, dated January 1, 2026, by and among the Company and GVIC (the “ Cooperation Agreement ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1077688/000118518526000594/0001185185-26-000594-index.htm

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