---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001492691-24-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KNX"
cik: "0001492691"
company_name: "Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:56:41.607399+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knight-Swift annual meeting: all 12 directors elected, say-on-pay passes, climate proposal defeated

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; David Vander Ploeg received the most votes against (11.1M abstain/against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 137.9M for and 2.3M against.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as auditor for FY2024 passed with 148.4M for, 1.3M against.
- Shareholder proposal on managing climate risk through science-based targets rejected: 17.4M for vs. 122.1M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001492691-24-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KNX
- cik: 0001492691
- company_name: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269124000070/0001492691-24-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269124000070/knx-20240514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal on managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Proposal No. 4: The Company’s stockholders voted against a stockholder proposal regarding managing climate risk through science-based targets and transition planning: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 17,418,902 122,100,479 830,920 9,439,358
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269124000070/0001492691-24-000070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of twelve directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Proposal No. 1: The Company's stockholders elected twelve directors, each such director to serve a term of one year: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Amy Boreger 138,952,493 1,338,114 59,694 9,439,358 Reid Dove 136,293,397 3,986,632 70,272 9,439,358 Michael Garnreiter 136,400,208 3,883,017 67,076 9,439,358 Louis Hobson 136,725,843 3,556,856 67,602 9,439,358 Gary Knight 137,147,798 3,146,572 55,931 9,439,358 Kevin Knight 136,624,470 3,669,739 56,092 9,439,358 Adam Miller 138,254,520 2,027,570 68,211 9,439,358 Kathryn Munro 134,758,190 5,531,422 60,689 9,439,358 Jessica Powell 137,075,516 3,214,900 59,885 9,439,358 Roberta Roberts Shank 138,524,742 1,764,426 61,133 9,439,358 Robert Synowicki, Jr. 136,702,975 3,575,737 71,589 9,439,358 David Vander Ploeg 129,183,834 11,095,858 70,609 9,439,358
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269124000070/0001492691-24-000070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  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 137,927,898 2,321,332 101,071 9,439,358
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269124000070/0001492691-24-000070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of independent auditor at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Proposal No. 3: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024: For Against Abstain 148,421,238 1,306,291 62,130
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269124000070/0001492691-24-000070-index.htm

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