---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-020483"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HQI"
cik: "0001140102"
company_name: "HireQuest, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:03:05.425121+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HireQuest stockholders elect all six director nominees and ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected with >99% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- FORVIS, LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2024: 12,895,369 for, 1,235 against, 198 abstain.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved: 11,224,156 for (99.6% of votes cast), 40,933 against, 6,903 abstain.
- Total shares voted: 12,896,802 of 13,958,591 outstanding (92.4% turnout).
- No material changes to board composition or governance structure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-020483
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HQI
- cik: 0001140102
- company_name: HireQuest, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1140102/000143774924020483/0001437749-24-020483-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774924020483/hqi20240617_8k.htm

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