---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-122489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCC"
cik: "0001691303"
company_name: "WARRIOR MET COAL, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:38:03.861252+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warrior Met Coal annual meeting: shareholders re-elect all directors, pass poison pill and proxy access proposals

## Summary
- All six director nominees re-elected; J. Brett Harvey received 34.0M votes for, 7.7M against.
- Say-on-pay approved (27.5M for, 14.2M against); annual frequency chosen with 39.2M votes.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor passed (42.7M for, 1.0M against).
- Shareholder proposal for poison pill bylaw passed narrowly (21.45M for vs 20.39M against); proxy access passed overwhelmingly (41.5M for).
- Proposals on blank check preferred, golden parachute policy, and human rights assessment were rejected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-122489
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCC
- cik: 0001691303
- company_name: WARRIOR MET COAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/d814247d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders approved Stockholder Proposal Relating to “Poison Pill” Bylaw Provision at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders voted to adopt a resolution urging the Board of Directors to adopt a “poison pill” bylaw provision.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Relating to “Golden Parachute” Severance Agreement Policy at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders voted not to adopt a resolution urging the Board of Directors to adopt a “golden parachute” severance agreement policy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders approved Stockholder Proposal Relating to “Proxy Access” Bylaw Provision at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders voted to adopt a resolution urging the Board of Directors to adopt a “proxy access” bylaw provision.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders elected each of the six director nominees to serve as directors until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Relating to Assessment of the Company’s Respect for the Human Rights of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders voted not to adopt a resolution urging the Board of Directors to commission and oversee an assessment of the Company’s respect for the internationally recognized human rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission compensation disclosure rules.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Relating to “Blank Check” Preferred Stock Amendment at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The stockholders voted not to adopt a resolution urging the Board of Directors to adopt a “blank check” preferred stock amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1691303/000119312524122489/0001193125-24-122489-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.
