---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001379041-23-000090"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EIG"
cik: "0001379041"
company_name: "Employers Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T12:39:48.672086+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Employers Holdings holds 2023 annual meeting; all director nominees elected despite significant against votes for three

## Summary
- Directors elected; de Figueiredo, Dhoré, Higgins each received >6.3M votes against; others >96% approval.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 19.66M for, 215.9K against (broker non-votes 1.55M).
- Stockholders selected annual say-on-pay frequency (1 year) with 17.49M votes; board will continue annual votes.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor passed: 21.15M for, 274.6K against, no broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001379041-23-000090
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EIG
- cik: 0001379041
- company_name: Employers Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1379041/000137904123000090/0001379041-23-000090-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904123000090/eig-20230525.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Employers Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding basis, of annual advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 17,487,278 23,934 2,355,993 24,370 1,545,470
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904123000090/0001379041-23-000090-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Employers Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 19,663,415 215,880 12,280 1,545,470
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904123000090/0001379041-23-000090-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Employers Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 21,150,728 274,598 11,719 ---
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904123000090/0001379041-23-000090-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Employers Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Election of directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Katherine H. Antonello 19,775,701 97,229 18,645 1,545,470 João "John" M. de Figueiredo 13,549,276 6,322,628 19,671 1,545,470 Prasanna G. Dhoré 12,549,525 7,316,742 25,308 1,545,470 Barbara A. Higgins 13,548,528 6,324,403 18,644 1,545,470 James R. Kroner 19,695,382 169,861 26,332 1,545,470 Michael J. McColgan 19,717,820 147,423 26,332 1,545,470 Michael J. McSally 19,629,029 236,213 26,333 1,545,470 Jeanne L. Mockard 19,717,519 148,720 25,336 1,545,470 Alex Perez-Tenessa 19,768,968 96,319 26,288 1,545,470
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904123000090/0001379041-23-000090-index.htm

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