---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-011404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTW"
cik: "0000007623"
company_name: "ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T10:03:16.220660+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Art's-Way Manufacturing reports 2023 annual meeting voting results

## Summary
- Stockholders elected five directors: Marc H. McConnell, Thomas E. Buffamante, David A. White, Matthew Westendorf, Randall C. Ramsey.
- Ratification of Eide Bailly LLP as auditor for FY ending Nov 30, 2023: 4,031,003 for, 22,224 against, 16,543 abstain.
- Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation: 3,061,463 for, 64,840 against, 25,940 abstain, 917,527 broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-011404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTW
- cik: 0000007623
- company_name: ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+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/7623/000143774923011404/0001437749-23-011404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774923011404/artw20230427_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-011404
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-011404.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-011404.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC shareholders approved Ratification of selection of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2022 at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: 2. Ratification of selection of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2022: For: Against: Abstain: Broker Non-Votes: 4,031,003 22,224 16,543 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774923011404/0001437749-23-011404-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: 1. Election of directors: Nominee: For: Withheld: Broker Non-Votes: Marc H. McConnell 2,995,326 156,917 917,527 Thomas E. Buffamante 3,112,347 39,896 917,527 David A. White 3,112,143 40,100 917,527 Matthew Westendorf 3,102,230 50,013 917,527 Randall C. Ramsey 3,116,187 36,056 917,527
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774923011404/0001437749-23-011404-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding and advisory basis, of named executive officer compensation at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: 3. Approval, on a non-binding and advisory basis, of named executive officer compensation: For: Against: Abstain: Broker Non-Votes: 3,061,463 64,840 25,940 917,527
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774923011404/0001437749-23-011404-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.