---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-014872"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMKTA"
cik: "0000050493"
company_name: "INGLES MARKETS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:37:29.577425+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingles Markets annual meeting: director Lowe faces 73% withheld votes; bylaw changes

## Summary
- Director Rebekah Lowe received 3,406,721 for and 9,239,970 withheld (73% withhold).
- Directors Jacobs and Held received 81% and 71% for votes; all Class B directors elected unanimously. Say-on-pay passed with 91.2%.
- Board amended bylaws: special board meetings now require four directors (previously two).
- Director inspection rights aligned with North Carolina law; new procedure for resolving record disputes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-014872
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMKTA
- cik: 0000050493
- company_name: INGLES MARKETS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774926014872/0001437749-26-014872-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774926014872/imkta20260504_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 4a1f95ba5c4180828fad69dcd18f26b7a8b3691e
  claim: INGLES MARKETS INC: Amended Article Five, Section 5.3(A) to require four (instead of two) directors to call special board meetings, and amended Article Eleven, Section 11.3(C) to align director inspection rights with the North Carolina Business Corporation Act and clarify procedures for resolving inspection-right dispu (effective 2026-04-29).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 29, 2026, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Ingles Markets, Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation (the “ Company ”), adopted the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “ Third A&R Bylaws ”), which amended and restated in their entirety the Company’s Second Amended and Restated By-Laws to: (i) amend Article Five, Section 5.3(A) to provide that special meetings of the Board may be called by four, rather than two, directors; and (ii) amend Article Eleven, Section 11.3(C) to align a director’s inspection rights with the North Carolina Business Corporation Act and make clear the procedure for resolving a disagreement regarding a director’s entitlement to inspection of particular records.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774926014872/0001437749-26-014872-index.htm

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