---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-143461"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRVN"
cik: "0001804745"
company_name: "Driven Brands Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:42:58.000462+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Driven Brands annual meeting elects directors, approves executive compensation, ratifies auditor

## Summary
- Elected Chadwick Hume, Karen Stroup, and Peter Swinburn as Class III directors (plurality vote).
- Executive compensation (say-on-pay) approved: 144.4M for, 13.6M against, 89,708 abstentions.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2023: 161.2M for, 12,701 against, 118,551 abstentions.
- Peter Swinburn received notable withheld votes (31.0M) but still elected with 127.1M votes for.
- All three proposals passed with substantial majority support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-143461
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRVN
- cik: 0001804745
- company_name: Driven Brands Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804745/000119312523143461/0001193125-23-143461-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804745/000119312523143461/d488548d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Driven Brands Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of Chadwick Hume, Karen Stroup and Peter Swinburn as Class III directors at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of Directors The Company’s stockholders duly elected Chadwick Hume, Karen Stroup and Peter Swinburn, by a plurality of the votes cast, to serve as Class III directors until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The results of the voting were as follows: Director Votes For Votes Withheld Chadwick Hume 153,850,276 4,277,343 Karen Stroup 154,706,022 3,421,597 Peter Swinburn 127,128,452 30,999,167
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804745/000119312523143461/0001193125-23-143461-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Driven Brands Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2023 at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: Proposal 3. Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 30, 2023 The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2023. The results of the voting were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 161,159,070 12,701 118,551
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804745/000119312523143461/0001193125-23-143461-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Driven Brands Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers at the 2023-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-08
  source text: Proposal 2. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2022. The results of the voting were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 144,399,500 13,638,411 89,708
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1804745/000119312523143461/0001193125-23-143461-index.htm

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