---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-271829"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VITL"
cik: "0001579733"
company_name: "Vital Farms, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-16T12:05:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T12:10:16.060249+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vital Farms shareholders elect two directors and approve auditor and say-on-pay

## Summary
- Russell Diez-Canseco elected with 22,296,432 votes for; Kelly Kennedy elected with 22,047,980.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY 2026 passed with 35,004,645 votes for, 374,653 against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 25,303,758 for, 2,246,660 against.
- Annual meeting held June 10, 2026; all proposals from the April 27, 2026 proxy statement adopted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-271829
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VITL
- cik: 0001579733
- company_name: Vital Farms, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T12:05:15+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579733/000119312526271829/0001193125-26-271829-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579733/000119312526271829/vitl-20260610.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Vital Farms, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 27, 2026 at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Proposal No. 2 : Stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2026. The votes were cast as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstained 35,004,645 374,653 20,924
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579733/000119312526271829/0001193125-26-271829-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vital Farms, Inc. shareholders approved Election of two directors to serve until 2029 annual meeting at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Proposal No. 1 : Stockholders elected each of the two nominees to serve as directors until the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The votes were cast as follows: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Russell Diez-Canseco 22,296,432 5,552,204 7,551,586 Kelly Kennedy 22,047,980 5,800,656 7,551,586
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579733/000119312526271829/0001193125-26-271829-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vital Farms, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Proposal No. 3 : Stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The votes were cast as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 25,303,758 2,246,660 298,218 7,551,586
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579733/000119312526271829/0001193125-26-271829-index.htm

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