---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-255400"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BBSI"
cik: "0000902791"
company_name: "BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-03T20:04:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T20:05:10.640065+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BBSI stockholders approve increase in stock plan shares from 2.9M to 4.1M

## Summary
- Shareholders approved Second Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing shares available from 2,900,000 to 4,100,000.
- Proposal passed with 17,514,267 votes for, 2,000,777 against, and 1,169,978 abstentions (excluding broker non-votes).
- Nine directors elected for one-year terms; all received >19.7 million votes for.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 20,358,214 for, 276,214 against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY 2026 approved with 21,684,853 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-255400
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BBSI
- cik: 0000902791
- company_name: BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T20:04:05+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000119312526255400/0001193125-26-255400-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000119312526255400/bbsi-20260601.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC shareholders approved Approval of the Barrett Business Services, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2026-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-01
  source text: Approval of the Barrett Business Services, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000119312526255400/0001193125-26-255400-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC shareholders approved Election of nine directors for a one-year term until the 2027 annual meeting at the 2026-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-01
  source text: Nine directors were elected, each for a one-year term to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, by the votes indicated.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000119312526255400/0001193125-26-255400-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-01
  source text: Ratification of the selection of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000119312526255400/0001193125-26-255400-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding, advisory vote, of the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers at the 2026-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-01
  source text: Approval, by non-binding, advisory vote, of the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/902791/000119312526255400/0001193125-26-255400-index.htm

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