---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-029996"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYTS"
cik: "0000763532"
company_name: "LSI INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:20:47.337678+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LSI Industries shareholders elect all seven directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected; Ernest W. Marshall, Jr. received 16.7M for (76.1%) and 5.2M withheld.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 with 23.7M for, 1.4M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 21.7M for, 0.2M against, 3.2M broker non-votes.
- Shareholders voted 18.8M for a 1-year frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation; Board adopts annual say-on-pay.
- Approximately 3.2M broker non-votes on all matters except auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-029996
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYTS
- cik: 0000763532
- company_name: LSI INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774923029996/0001437749-23-029996-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774923029996/lyts20231101_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LSI INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as LSI’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal 2024 at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Votes regarding the ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as LSI’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal 2024. For Against Abstain 23,732,597 1,375,933 16,193
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774923029996/0001437749-23-029996-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LSI INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 21,734,663 167,283 65,676 3,157,101
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774923029996/0001437749-23-029996-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LSI INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of seven directors at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Name For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Robert P. Beech 18,649,561 3,318,061 3,157,101 Ronald D. Brown 21,258,526 709,096 3,157,101 James A. Clark 21,038,031 929,591 3,157,101 Amy L. Hanson 18,339,735 3,627,887 3,157,101 Chantel E. Lenard 18,998,593 2,969,029 3,157,101 Ernest W. Marshall, Jr. 16,728,210 5,239,412 3,157,101 Wilfred T. O’Gara 20,329,784 1,637,383 3,157,101
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774923029996/0001437749-23-029996-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LSI INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Advisory votes on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation to be held every: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 18,817,350 107,006 1,700,048 1,343,218
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763532/000143774923029996/0001437749-23-029996-index.htm

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