---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-006940"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSET"
cik: "0000010329"
company_name: "BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T01:04:12.836456+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bassett Furniture shareholders elect all 8 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with strong support; votes ranged from 5.3M to 5.5M for.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor passed with 7,091,942 votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 5,408,305 for, 138,144 against.
- Annual meeting held March 6, 2024; total shares outstanding 8,817,298.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-006940
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSET
- cik: 0000010329
- company_name: BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774924006940/0001437749-24-006940-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774924006940/bset20240307_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-03-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-06
  source text: All director nominees were elected. The voting tabulation was as follows: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Votes Abstain Broker Non- Vote Emma S. Battle 5,519,928 47,009 - 1,638,884 John R. Belk 5,520,783 46,154 - 1,638,884 Kristina Cashman 5,449,049 117,888 - 1,638,884 Virginia W. Hamlet 5,467,060 99,877 - 1,638,884 J. Walter McDowell 5,479,200 87,737 - 1,638,884 Robert H. Spilman, Jr. 5,480,157 86,780 - 1,638,884 William C. Wampler, Jr. 5,298,762 268,175 - 1,638,884 William C. Warden, Jr. 5,367,500 199,437 - 1,638,884
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774924006940/0001437749-24-006940-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote regarding the approval of the compensation paid to certain executive officers at the 2024-03-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-06
  source text: To consider and act on an advisory vote regarding the approval of the compensation paid to certain executive officers. The final tabulation was as follows: Proposal Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Broker Non-Vote Approval of Officer Compensation 5,408,305 138,144 20,487 1,638,885
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774924006940/0001437749-24-006940-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-03-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-06
  source text: Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The final tabulation was as follows: Proposal Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Broker Non- Vote Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP 7,091,942 87,560 26,319 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774924006940/0001437749-24-006940-index.htm

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