---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T05:28:38.390249+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Kathleen M. Shaw resigns from Blue Bird board effective April 2, 2023

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- 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

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathleen M. Shaw resigned as Class II director at Blue Bird Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Blue Bird Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-03-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-08
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  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.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-08
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Blue Bird Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-03-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-08
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000030/0001589526-23-000030-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.