--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001579684-26-000040" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "TDAY" cik: "0001579684" company_name: "USA TODAY Co., Inc." filed_at: "2026-06-01T20:31:33+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-01T20:42:36.881976+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.4 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Annual meeting elects directors, ratifies auditor; four governance proposals fail to meet 80% supermajority threshold ## Summary - All eight director nominees elected with >105M votes each; no opposition. - Ratification of Grant Thornton as independent auditor approved: 125.8M for, 86K against. - Advisory say-on-pay approved with 105.2M votes for, 1.7M against. - Proposal for majority voting in uncontested director elections failed (needed 80% of 146.7M shares; got 106.9M for). - Three proposals to eliminate supermajority voting provisions also failed, each receiving ~106.9M for, short of the 80% requirement. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001579684-26-000040 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: TDAY - cik: 0001579684 - company_name: USA TODAY Co., Inc. - filed_at: 2026-06-01T20:31:33+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.4 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/tday-20260601.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001579684-26-000040 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001579684-26-000040.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001579684-26-000040.txt ## Source-grounded claims - claim_id: 6d9b7f0456fe1b7fb6fc479c569f4905d8a359f4 claim: USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Election of eight director nominees at the 2026-06-01 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 . The Company's stockholders elected the following eight director nominees to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm - claim_id: 80286024b9f0fcb63e72938f35c119b1335e0305 claim: USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-06-01 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 . The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm - claim_id: 80cbb3f7ae538474721d9403ab534cf1a1d32ccb claim: USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendments to Charter and Bylaws to eliminate supermajority voting requirements for amending Bylaws at the 2026-06-01 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 5b . The Company's stockholders did not approve amendments to the Charter and Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements applicable to the amendment of the Bylaws. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm - claim_id: 90beadbf8eb17a3edb9d70e6963f0e7f5ff48d82 claim: USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendments to Charter and Bylaws to eliminate supermajority voting requirements for removal and appointment of directors at the 2026-06-01 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 5c . The Company's stockholders did not approve amendments to the Charter and Bylaws to eliminate the supermajority voting requirements applicable to remove directors and to appoint directors in the event that the entire Board of Directors is removed. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm - claim_id: a76f24c4607cafc45f75cd3818065330fa6c9f87 claim: USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of executive compensation at the 2026-06-01 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 . The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company's executive compensation. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm - claim_id: db56129a20de3ce9e7634511873bcc0015320fe1 claim: USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendment to Charter to eliminate supermajority voting requirement for amending certain Charter provisions at the 2026-06-01 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 5a . The Company's stockholders did not approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Charter") to eliminate the supermajority voting requirement applicable to the amendment of certain provisions of the Charter. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm - claim_id: f4a05c49777cd7ca76273d07230acd7d363524f9 claim: USA TODAY Co., Inc. shareholders rejected Amendment to Bylaws to implement majority voting in uncontested director elections at the 2026-06-01 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 4 . The Company's stockholders did not approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") to implement majority voting in uncontested director elections. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000040/0001579684-26-000040-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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