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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-017836"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HQI"
cik: "0001140102"
company_name: "HireQuest, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T20:38:04.004018+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HireQuest Announces Results of 2023 Annual Meeting Shareholder Votes

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected: Richard F. Hermanns, R. Rimmy Malhotra, Lawrence Hagenbuch, Kathleen Shanahan, Edward Jackson, and Jack A. Olmstead each received over 10.5 million 'for' votes.
- Ratification of FORVIS, LLP as independent auditor for 2023 passed with 12,358,386 votes for, 1,187 against, and 476 abstentions.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 10,267,105 for, 61,195 against, and 429,875 abstentions.
- A total of 12,360,049 shares voted out of 13,896,709 outstanding shares as of the record date April 24, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-017836
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HQI
- cik: 0001140102
- company_name: HireQuest, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+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/1140102/000143774923017836/0001437749-23-017836-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774923017836/hqi20230616_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HireQuest, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal #3 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers 10,267,105 61,195 429,875 1,601,874
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774923017836/0001437749-23-017836-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HireQuest, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal #1 Election of Directors Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Richard F. Hermanns 10,746,155 12,020 1,601,874 R. Rimmy Malhotra 10,545,766 212,409 1,601,874 Lawrence Hagenbuch 10,519,662 238,513 1,601,874 Kathleen Shanahan 10,537,659 220,516 1,601,874 Edward Jackson 10,746,155 12,020 1,601,874 Jack A. Olmstead 10,746,252 11,923 1,601,874
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774923017836/0001437749-23-017836-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HireQuest, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of FORVIS, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal #2 For Against Abstain The ratification of the selection of FORVIS, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 12,358,386 1,187 476
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774923017836/0001437749-23-017836-index.htm

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