{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001589526-23-000030","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BLBD","cik":"0001589526","company_name":"Blue Bird Corp","filed_at":"2023-03-10T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:45.728675+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-18T05:28:38.390249+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","5.07","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Director Kathleen M. Shaw resigns from Blue Bird board effective April 2, 2023","bullets":["Kathleen M. Shaw resigns from the board effective April 2, 2023, due to accepting a full-time leadership role with a government authority.","Annual meeting held March 8, 2023: 28,973,314 shares voted (90.4% of 32,032,067 outstanding).","Class III directors elected: Douglas Grimm, Philip Horlock, Jared Sperling for three-year terms.","Advisory say-on-pay approved: 25,172,512 for, 1,810,338 against, 26,064 abstentions.","Ratification of BDO USA as independent auditor for FY2023 approved: 28,334,025 for, 4,311 against."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000030","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000030.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000030.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000030.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/blbd-20230306.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-18T05:28:38.390249+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"710c13cd5a","claim":"Kathleen M. Shaw resigned as Class II director at Blue Bird Corp.","evidence_excerpt":"On March 6, 2023, Kathleen M. Shaw, Ph.D., a Class II director of Blue Bird Corporation (the “Company”), informed our Chairman of the Board that she would resign from our Board of Directors, effective April 2, 2023.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Class II director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"25a8e35d9d784515c9fc4bb8b4033687e30a5b7b","claim":"Blue Bird Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-03-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Three nominees for election as directors to Class III of the Company’s classified board were elected for three-year terms (until the 2026 annual meeting), with the results of the voting as follows: Nominee Term Expires (at annual meeting of stockholders) Votes For Votes Withheld Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Douglas Grimm 2026 26,636,356 372,558 - 1,964,400 Philip Horlock 2026 25,893,001 1,115,913 - 1,964,400 Jared Sperling 2026 26,905,458 103,456 - 1,964,400","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-03-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"891a8aac85647257733973a13708055486c6211b","claim":"Blue Bird Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2023 at the 2023-03-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal Three - Ratification of Appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2023. Proposal Three was approved, as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 28,334,025 4,311 614,978 —","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-03-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"8c985a33aabca636f7e527b11adf9980d6d18608","claim":"Blue Bird Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-03-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal Two – Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation (“Say-On-Pay” Proposal). Proposal Two was approved, as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 25,172,512 1,810,338 26,064 1,964,400","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-03-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}