---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-007524"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSET"
cik: "0000010329"
company_name: "BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T20:12:26.814096+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bassett Furniture shareholders elect all eight director nominees at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with majority support; Emma S. Battle received 5,080,658 votes for.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor with 7,205,397 votes for, 103,753 against, 35,077 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 5,155,674 for, 80,494 against, 65,274 abstain.
- Advisory vote on say-on-pay frequency: 1-year selected (4,595,490 votes) vs. 3-year (616,996 votes).
- Broker non-votes of 2,042,785 on director elections and advisory proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-007524
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSET
- cik: 0000010329
- company_name: BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774925007524/0001437749-25-007524-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10329/000143774925007524/bset20250313c_8k.htm

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