---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-224752"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRC"
cik: "0000096869"
company_name: "TEJON RANCH CO"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T01:12:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T10:15:35.630353+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tejon Ranch shareholders approve all proposals at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; highest votes 21.7M for Eric Speron, lowest 18.6M for Gregory Bielli (3.6M withhold).
- Charter amendment granting shareholders right to call special meeting passed with 21.1M for, 650K against.
- Advance notice charter amendment approved 19.5M for, 2.7M against.
- Ratification of Deloitte as auditor for 2026 approved 24.6M for (99.3% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed 20.1M for, 1.8M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-224752
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRC
- cik: 0000096869
- company_name: TEJON RANCH CO
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T01:12:43+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96869/000119312526224752/0001193125-26-224752-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96869/000119312526224752/d110389d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  TEJON RANCH CO shareholders approved Approval of Amendment to Our Certificate of Incorporation to Provide Certain Shareholders Special Meeting Rights at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 2 Approval of Amendment to Our Certificate of Incorporation to Provide Certain Shareholders Special Meeting Rights The voting results for the approval of the Company’s proposed amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to provide certain shareholders special meeting rights were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 21,119,546 650,004 402,029 2,611,423
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96869/000119312526224752/0001193125-26-224752-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TEJON RANCH CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 5 Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The Company’s executive compensation for our named executive officers, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved on an advisory, non-binding basis, by the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 20,112,826 1,796,845 261,908 2,611,423
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96869/000119312526224752/0001193125-26-224752-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TEJON RANCH CO shareholders approved Election of Nine Directors at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 1 Election of Nine Directors Voting results for the election of directors were as follows: Nominees For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Steven A. Betts 21,315,196 856,383 2,611,423 Gregory S. Bielli 18,616,084 3,555,495 2,611,423 Andrew Dakos 21,216,629 954,950 2,611,423 Denise Gammon 21,566,632 604,947 2,611,423 Anthony L. Leggio 21,423,830 747,749 2,611,423 Jeffrey J. McCall 21,608,147 563,432 2,611,423 Norman J. Metcalfe 20,572,145 1,599,434 2,611,423 Eric H. Speron 21,666,070 505,509 2,611,423 Daniel R. Tisch 20,483,706 1,687,873 2,611,423
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96869/000119312526224752/0001193125-26-224752-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TEJON RANCH CO shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 4 The Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year was approved by the following vote: For Against Abstain 24,605,431 115,894 61,677
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96869/000119312526224752/0001193125-26-224752-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TEJON RANCH CO shareholders approved Approval of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to Change the Advance Notice Requirements for Shareholder Action at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 3 Approval of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to Change the Advance Notice Requirements for Shareholder Action The voting results for the approval of the Company’s proposed amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to change the advance notice requirements for shareholder action were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 19,453,704 2,657,015 60,860 2,611,423
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96869/000119312526224752/0001193125-26-224752-index.htm

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