---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-016394"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNRG"
cik: "0000788965"
company_name: "HALLADOR ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:59:55.222958+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hallador Energy annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, compensation approved

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected; Brent Bilsland received 19.99M votes for, Charles Wesley 14.56M.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 15.62M for vs 4.50M against.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as independent auditor with 26.77M votes for.
- Turnout: 26.79M shares (80.84% of outstanding) voted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-016394
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNRG
- cik: 0000788965
- company_name: HALLADOR ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000143774923016394/0001437749-23-016394-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000143774923016394/hnrg20230531_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HALLADOR ENERGY CO shareholders approved Approved, on an advisory basis, the named executive officers' compensation at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Approved, on an advisory basis, the named executive officers' compensation: Votes " For " Votes " Against " Abstentions or Votes Withheld 15,620,239 4,502,551 100,214
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000143774923016394/0001437749-23-016394-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HALLADOR ENERGY CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Each of the director nominees listed below was elected to serve for a one-year term expiring in 2023: Nominee Votes "For" Votes "Against" Abstentions or Votes Withheld Brent K. Bilsland 19,987,108 227,443 8,453 David C. Hardie 18,791,023 649,297 782,684 Steven R. Hardie 18,791,855 649,433 781,716 Bryan H. Lawrence 17,788,174 648,280 1,786,550 David J. Lubar 18,962,208 647,914 612,882 Charles R. Wesley, IV 14,562,323 713,908 4,946,773
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000143774923016394/0001437749-23-016394-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HALLADOR ENERGY CO shareholders approved Ratified Grant Thornton, LLP as independent registered public accountant at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Ratified Grant Thornton, LLP as our independent registered public accountant: Votes " For " Votes " Against " Abstentions or Votes Withheld 26,770,534 8,849 10,015
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/788965/000143774923016394/0001437749-23-016394-index.htm

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