---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-003387"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HURC"
cik: "0000315374"
company_name: "HURCO COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T18:15:16.599355+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hurco declares $0.16 quarterly dividend; shareholders approve bylaw amendment granting unilateral amendment right

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share declared; payable April 12, 2024 to holders of record March 29, 2024.
- Shareholders approved amendment to articles of incorporation allowing shareholders to unilaterally amend bylaws by majority vote.
- All eight director nominees elected; advisory say-on-pay passed; Deloitte ratified as auditor for FY ending Oct 31, 2024.
- Bylaws amended to include Rule 14a-19 procedural requirements for director nominations, including use of white proxy cards only by board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-003387
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HURC
- cik: 0000315374
- company_name: HURCO COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/0001558370-24-003387-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/hurc-20240314x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  HURCO COMPANIES INC: Shareholders approved amendments to Articles of Incorporation to provide shareholders the unilateral right to amend the By-Laws (effective 2024-03-15).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-03-15
  source text: On March 14, 2024, the shareholders of Hurco Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Restated Articles”) to provide the Company’s shareholders with the ability to unilaterally amend the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/0001558370-24-003387-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  HURCO COMPANIES INC: By-Laws amended to grant shareholders unilateral amendment right and to implement procedural mechanisms for shareholder director nominations under Rule 14a-19 (effective 2024-03-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-03-15
  source text: Upon the effectiveness of the Restated Articles, as amended, on March 15, 2024, certain amendments to the By-Laws, which were previously authorized and approved by the Board, became effective automatically.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/0001558370-24-003387-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HURCO COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Approval of proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation to provide shareholders the right to unilaterally amend the Company’s By-Laws at the 2024-03-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-14
  source text: Approval of proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation: 5,125,258 21,320 28,917 741,827
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/0001558370-24-003387-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HURCO COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-03-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-14
  source text: The shareholders: ● elected all eight of the Company’s nominees for director to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/0001558370-24-003387-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HURCO COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2024-03-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-14
  source text: Advisory vote to approve executive compensation: 4,835,533 40,171 326,792 741,827
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/0001558370-24-003387-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HURCO COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-03-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-14
  source text: Ratification of appointment of public accounting firm: 5,903,375 32,563 8,385 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315374/000155837024003387/0001558370-24-003387-index.htm

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