--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001492691-23-000055" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "KNX" cik: "0001492691" company_name: "Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc." filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:18:45.235486+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.2 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Knight-Swift shareholders re-elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay, reject independent chair proposal ## Summary - All 11 director nominees elected; Reid Dove received ~131.3M for and ~14.0M against. - Advisory say-on-pay approved: 136.8M for, 8.4M against. - Frequency of future say-on-pay votes set at 1 year (137.4M votes). - Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for FY 2023: 149.3M for, 1.5M against. - Stockholder proposal for independent board chair defeated: 51.3M for, 94.0M against. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001492691-23-000055 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: KNX - cik: 0001492691 - company_name: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. - filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+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/1492691/000149269123000055/0001492691-23-000055-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000055/knx-20230516.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001492691-23-000055 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001492691-23-000055.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001492691-23-000055.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation. at the 2023-05-16 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-16 source text: Proposal No. 2: The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 136,844,735 8,397,419 221,679 5,453,959 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000055/0001492691-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor. at the 2023-05-16 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-16 source text: Proposal No. 4: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023: For Against Abstain 149,261,468 1,554,747 101,577 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000055/0001492691-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes. at the 2023-05-16 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-16 source text: Proposal No. 3: In a non-binding, advisory vote, the Company’s stockholders voted as follows on the proposal to select the frequency of future non-binding, advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 137,380,254 30,151 7,958,314 95,114 5,453,959 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000055/0001492691-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of eleven directors. at the 2023-05-16 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-16 source text: Proposal No. 1: The Company's stockholders elected eleven directors, each such director to serve a term of one year: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Reid Dove 131,341,237 13,999,338 123,258 5,453,959 Michael Garnreiter 139,636,030 5,702,301 125,502 5,453,959 Louis Hobson 140,831,290 4,506,817 125,726 5,453,959 David Jackson 142,289,899 3,050,165 123,769 5,453,959 Gary Knight 140,229,889 5,002,385 231,559 5,453,959 Kevin Knight 138,285,388 6,681,656 496,789 5,453,959 Kathryn Munro 130,746,441 14,618,103 99,289 5,453,959 Jessica Powell 144,536,797 827,929 99,107 5,453,959 Roberta Roberts Shank 139,571,353 5,793,500 98,980 5,453,959 Robert Synowicki, Jr. 140,464,555 4,874,118 125,160 5,453,959 David Vander Ploeg 138,565,156 6,774,293 124,384 5,453,959 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000055/0001492691-23-000055-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal for independent board chairperson. at the 2023-05-16 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-05-16 source text: Proposal No. 5: The Company’s stockholders voted against a stockholder proposal for an independent board chairperson: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 51,298,510 94,008,699 156,624 5,453,959 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000055/0001492691-23-000055-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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