---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289848-26-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HURN"
cik: "0001289848"
company_name: "Huron Consulting Group Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-12T18:25:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T18:27:10.538979+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Huron shareholders elect all 8 directors, approve executive pay and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected; Debra Zumwalt received 12.8M For, 1.7M withheld (highest withhold).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 14.3M For, 122K Against, 88.6K Abstain.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2026 approved: 15.3M For, 460.8K Against, 56.8K Abstain.
- Total shares present or proxy: 15,777,409; broker non-votes ranged from 1,286,561 on director/comp votes to none on auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289848-26-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HURN
- cik: 0001289848
- company_name: Huron Consulting Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T18:25:02+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984826000098/0001289848-26-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984826000098/hurn-20260508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Huron Consulting Group Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the Company's Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Proposal No. 2 - An advisory vote to approve the Company's Executive Compensation. Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes 14,280,195 122,041 88,612 1,286,561
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984826000098/0001289848-26-000098-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Huron Consulting Group Inc. shareholders approved Election of eight members of the Board of Directors at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Proposal No. 1 - Election of directors. Name Shares For Shares Withheld Broker Non-Votes Joy T. Brown 14,197,128 293,720 1,286,561 C. Mark Hussey 14,296,645 194,203 1,286,561 H. Eugene Lockhart 13,949,370 541,478 1,286,561 Peter K. Markell 13,879,007 611,841 1,286,561 John McCartney 13,628,101 862,747 1,286,561 James H. Roth 14,066,110 424,738 1,286,561 Hugh E. Sawyer 13,827,952 662,896 1,286,561 Debra Zumwalt 12,787,171 1,703,677 1,286,561
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984826000098/0001289848-26-000098-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Huron Consulting Group Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Proposal No. 3 - To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes 15,259,786 460,805 56,818 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289848/000128984826000098/0001289848-26-000098-index.htm

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