---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-007583"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T04:24:08.717591+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest director Eduardo Conrado fails to win majority; resignation tendered

## Summary
- Director Eduardo Conrado received 7.9M votes for, 13.7M against at annual meeting; less than majority.
- Conrado tendered resignation per company policy; Nominating/Governance Committee to decide within 90 days.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 18.97M for, 2.65M against.
- Stockholders approved annual frequency for say-on-pay and ratified Ernst & Young as 2023 auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-007583
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023007583/0001558370-23-007583-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023007583/arcb-20230426x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Election of directors to the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2024 annual stockholders meeting at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal I: The following directors were elected by the indicated vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023007583/0001558370-23-007583-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal IV: The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023007583/0001558370-23-007583-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Approval of an amendment of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to update the exculpation provision at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal V: The amendment of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to update the exculpation provision was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023007583/0001558370-23-007583-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Annual advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal II: The annual advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023007583/0001558370-23-007583-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal III: The frequency of “1 year” was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023007583/0001558370-23-007583-index.htm

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