---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-269326"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFIN"
cik: "0001000209"
company_name: "MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-12T20:01:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T20:02:39.141515+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Medallion elects all three Class III director nominees; dissident slate defeated

## Summary
- Annual meeting held June 9, 2026; 73.0% of shares present, quorum achieved.
- Company nominees John Everets, Cynthia Hallenbeck, Alvin Murstein elected with 12.8M-14.9M votes each.
- Dissident nominees Eric Kelly, John Kiernan, Timothy Shanahan received 2.0M-4.7M votes, all defeated.
- Ratification of Plante & Moran as auditor passed with 16.4M for, 0.7M against.
- Non-binding say-on-pay for named executive officers approved with 14.2M for, 2.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-269326
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFIN
- cik: 0001000209
- company_name: MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-12T20:01:18+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/000119312526269326/0001193125-26-269326-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/000119312526269326/d112031d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Shareholders elected each of the Company’s nominees to serve as Class III Directors, each for a term expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, and for the third consecutive annual meeting of shareholders with respect to which BIMIZCI Fund LLC (the “Dissident”) submitted notice of director nominations, did not elect any of the Dissident’s nominees, by the following votes: VOTES FOR VOTES WITHHELD COMPANY NOMINEES John Everets 14,905,644 2,476,122 Cynthia A. Hallenbeck 13,199,033 4,182,873 Alvin Murstein 12,785,454 4,596,312 DISSIDENT NOMINEES Eric Kelly 3,384,358 13,997,407 John Kiernan 4,711,028 12,670,737 Timothy Shanahan 2,038,133 15,343,773
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/000119312526269326/0001193125-26-269326-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 by the following votes: VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED 16,425,384 742,483 252,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/000119312526269326/0001193125-26-269326-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the 2025 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the Company’s proxy statement, by the following votes: VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST VOTES ABSTAINED 14,202,106 2,854,013 363,830
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000209/000119312526269326/0001193125-26-269326-index.htm

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