---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-035840"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNNA"
cik: "0001145255"
company_name: "HENNESSY ADVISORS INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T15:37:53.274964+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hennessy Advisors holds annual meeting; all directors elected, say-on-pay and auditor ratified

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected with 3.84M-3.87M votes for; broker non-votes ~1.2M.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 3.78M for, 194K against, 45K abstain.
- Ratification of Marcum LLP as independent auditor: 5.18M for, 13.6K against, 35.6K abstain.
- Annual meeting held Feb 9, 2023; all terms expire at 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-035840
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNNA
- cik: 0001145255
- company_name: HENNESSY ADVISORS INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-13T23:59:59+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/1145255/000119312523035840/0001193125-23-035840-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000119312523035840/d447307d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-035840.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HENNESSY ADVISORS INC shareholders approved Approval of the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-02-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-09
  source text: Approval of the non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation 3,783,215 194,047 44,862 1,205,301
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000119312523035840/0001193125-23-035840-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HENNESSY ADVISORS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Marcum LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-02-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-09
  source text: Ratification of the selection of Marcum LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for Hennessy Advisors, Inc. for fiscal year 2023 5,178,226 13,567 35,632 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000119312523035840/0001193125-23-035840-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HENNESSY ADVISORS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-02-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-09
  source text: The following directors were elected by the votes indicated for terms expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2024: For Withheld Broker Non-votes Neil J. Hennessy 3,863,961 158,163 1,205,301 Teresa M. Nilsen 3,864,827 157,297 1,205,301 Henry Hansel 3,844,690 177,434 1,205,301 Brian A. Hennessy 3,850,041 172,083 1,205,301 Lydia Knight-O’Riordan 3,864,812 157,312 1,205,301 Kiera Newton 3,865,237 156,887 1,205,301 Susan W. Pomilia 3,839,906 182,218 1,205,301 Thomas L. Seavey 3,844,023 178,101 1,205,301
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1145255/000119312523035840/0001193125-23-035840-index.htm

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