---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-26-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CALM"
cik: "0000016160"
company_name: "CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:00:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:34:50.689154+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cal-Maine stockholders re-elect 3 Class II directors; Letitia Hughes draws 20.5M withheld vs 11.2M for

## Summary
- Annual Meeting held October 2, 2026; 5,689,306 broker non-votes on all director elections.
- Max P. Bowman elected with 19,168,441 votes for and 12,506,159 withheld; Haley R. Fisackerly re-elected 29,830,341 for vs 1,844,259 withheld.
- Letitia C. Hughes elected 11,188,368 for vs 20,486,232 withheld — a majority of votes cast opposed her, though she was elected under plurality.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 29,983,376 for, 1,594,133 against, 97,091 abstentions.
- Frost, PLLC ratified as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2027: 37,115,381 for, 183,030 against, 65,495 abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-26-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CALM
- cik: 0000016160
- company_name: CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:00:12+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276226000117/0001562762-26-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276226000117/calm-20261002_8K.htm

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