---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-148954"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KELYA"
cik: "0000055135"
company_name: "KELLY SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:11:29.167625+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kelly Services elects board, appoints Terrence Larkin as chairman, succeeding Donald Parfet

## Summary
- Shareholders elected nine directors to one-year terms at May 17 annual meeting.
- Board appointed Terrence B. Larkin as chairman, effective immediately after meeting.
- Larkin has served as independent director since 2010; succeeds Donald Parfet who steps down as chairman.
- Parfet remains on board as independent director; he was chairman since 2018.
- All director nominees received majority support; advisory votes on compensation also passed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-148954
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KELYA
- cik: 0000055135
- company_name: KELLY SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55135/000119312523148954/0001193125-23-148954-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55135/000119312523148954/d512726d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KELLY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 1 All of the nominees for election to the Company’s board of directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders, as follows: Name of Nominee Number of Shares Voted “For” Number of Shares Voted “Withheld” Broker Non-Votes Donald R. Parfet 3,216,563 13,150 53,196 Peter W. Quigley 3,217,239 12,474 53,196 Gerald S. Adolph 3,212,861 16,852 53,196 George S. Corona 3,217,239 12,474 53,196 Robert S. Cubbin 3,212,861 16,852 53,196 Amala Duggirala 3,179,752 49,961 53,196 InaMarie F. Johnson 3,179,752 49,961 53,196 Terrence B. Larkin 3,211,426 18,287 53,196 Leslie A. Murphy 3,217,239 12,474 53,196
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55135/000119312523148954/0001193125-23-148954-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KELLY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 4 The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year, as follows: Shares Voting “For” 3,269.684 Shares Voting “Against” 13,224 Shares Abstaining From Voting 1 Broker Non-Votes 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55135/000119312523148954/0001193125-23-148954-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KELLY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future executive compensation votes at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 3 The Company’s stockholders approved, by advisory vote, the frequency of future voting on the Company executive compensation, as follows: Shares Voting For One Year 3,227,755 Shares Voting For Two Years 429 Shares Voting for Three Years 1,507 Shares Abstaining from Voting 22 Broker Non-Votes 53,196
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55135/000119312523148954/0001193125-23-148954-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KELLY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 2 The Company’s stockholders approved, by advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation, as follows: Shares Voting “For” 3,183,378 Shares Voting “Against” 44,584 Shares Abstaining From Voting 1,751 Broker Non-Votes 53,196
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/55135/000119312523148954/0001193125-23-148954-index.htm

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