---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-004590"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JJSF"
cik: "0000785956"
company_name: "J&J SNACK FOODS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:31:44.810887+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J&J Snack Foods shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Vincent A. Melchiorre re-elected with 13.1M for, 4.4M withheld; Mary M. Meder with 16.4M for, 1.1M withheld.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 passed with 18.0M for, 0.7M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 17.0M for, 0.5M against.
- Total shares present at annual meeting: 18,747,924.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-004590
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JJSF
- cik: 0000785956
- company_name: J&J SNACK FOODS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774924004590/0001437749-24-004590-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774924004590/jjsf20240216_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  J&J SNACK FOODS CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on the approval of compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-02-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-13
  source text: Advisory vote on the approval of compensation of the Company’s named executive officers 17,002,454 482,526 23,922 1,239,022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774924004590/0001437749-24-004590-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  J&J SNACK FOODS CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2024 at the 2024-02-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-13
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2024 18,047,535 687,566 12,823 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774924004590/0001437749-24-004590-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  J&J SNACK FOODS CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-02-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-13
  source text: Election of Vincent A. Melchiorre as Director 13,112,054 4,396,848 1,239,022 Election of Mary M. Meder as Director 16,378,571 1,130,331 1,239,022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/785956/000143774924004590/0001437749-24-004590-index.htm

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