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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-044305"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HTCR"
cik: "0001892322"
company_name: "HeartCore Enterprises, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T20:05:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:21:46.307164+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HeartCore stockholders re-elect all five directors, ratify MaloneBailey as FY2026 auditor

## Summary
- At the virtual annual meeting on September 25, 2026, stockholders elected Sumitaka Yamamoto, Ferdinand Groenewald, Kimio Hosaka, Yoonji Lee and Koji Sato to one-year board terms.
- Yamamoto drew 558,404 votes for, 10,438 abstentions and 331,879 broker non-votes; other nominees ranged from 557,300 to 557,546 votes for.
- Stockholders ratified MaloneBailey, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026: 839,950 for, 59,411 against, 1,360 abstentions.
- No other business items were voted on; all five director nominees were elected with abstentions between 10,438 and 11,542.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-044305
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HTCR
- cik: 0001892322
- company_name: HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T20:05:30+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892322/000149315226044305/0001493152-26-044305-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892322/000149315226044305/form8-k.htm

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