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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-013076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTW"
cik: "0000007623"
company_name: "ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:48:09.474729+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Art's-Way Manufacturing reports 2024 annual meeting results; all proposals pass

## Summary
- Five directors elected: Marc H. McConnell, Thomas E. Buffamante, David A. White, Matthew Westendorf, Randall C. Ramsey received between 2.96M and 3.07M votes for.
- Eide Bailly LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY ending Nov 30, 2024: 3,957,114 for, 24,851 against, 53,256 abstain.
- Non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 3,011,518 for, 102,759 against, 46,856 abstain.
- Broker non-votes of 874,088 on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-013076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTW
- cik: 0000007623
- company_name: ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/7623/000143774924013076/0001437749-24-013076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774924013076/artw20240424_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC shareholders approved Ratification of Eide Bailly LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending November 30, 2024 at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: The Stockholders ratified the selection of Eide Bailly LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774924013076/0001437749-24-013076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: The Stockholders approved, on a non-binding and advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774924013076/0001437749-24-013076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTS WAY MANUFACTURING CO INC shareholders approved Election of five directors at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: The Stockholders elected five nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7623/000143774924013076/0001437749-24-013076-index.htm

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