---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001331520-24-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOMB"
cik: "0001331520"
company_name: "HOME BANCSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T11:37:21.479978+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Home BancShares annual meeting results: all proposals pass, directors elected

## Summary
- All 15 director nominees elected; J. Pat Hickman received highest withhold with 48.1M votes withheld.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 135.0M for, 10.0M against.
- Shareholders recommended advisory vote every year; board will hold annual say-on-pay until 2030.
- Ratification of FORVIS LLP as auditor for FY2024 passed with 171.3M for, 1.2M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001331520-24-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOMB
- cik: 0001331520
- company_name: HOME BANCSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152024000118/0001331520-24-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152024000118/homb-20240418.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001331520-24-000118.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HOME BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-18
  source text: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders The Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on April 18, 2024. The following items of business were presented to the shareholders: (1) The fifteen directors were elected as proposed in the Proxy Statement, under the caption “Election of Directors” with votes cast as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152024000118/0001331520-24-000118-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOME BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Frequency of Advisory Vote On Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-18
  source text: (3) The shareholders recommended that the Company hold future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation every year, as proposed in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Frequency of Advisory Vote On Executive Compensation,” with votes cast as follows: 137,114,714 votes for every year, 621,165 votes for every two years, 7,141,416 votes for every three years, 691,360 votes abstaining and 27,372,939 broker non-votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152024000118/0001331520-24-000118-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOME BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote Approving Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-18
  source text: (2) The Company’s executive compensation was approved as proposed in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote Approving Executive Compensation” with votes cast as follows: 134,974,967 votes for, 9,953,383 votes against, 640,306 votes abstaining and 27,372,939 broker non-votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152024000118/0001331520-24-000118-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HOME BANCSHARES INC shareholders approved Ratification of selection of FORVIS, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-04-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-18
  source text: (4) The Audit Committee’s selection and appointment of the accounting firm of FORVIS, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified with votes cast as follows: 171,323,942 votes for, 1,217,749 votes against, 399,904 votes abstaining and zero broker non-votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331520/000133152024000118/0001331520-24-000118-index.htm

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