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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-026636"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FWRD"
cik: "0000912728"
company_name: "FORWARD AIR CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:41:27.318478+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forward Air shareholders approve Omni share issuance, elect directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Proposal 1 (Omni share issuance) passed: 16.8M for, 1.4M against, 2.6M abstain.
- All 12 director nominees elected; CEO Shawn Stewart received 23.6M votes for.
- Proposal 3 (2016 incentive plan amendment) passed: 22.1M for, 834,816 against, 1.2M abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed 18.0M for vs. 4.7M against; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-026636
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FWRD
- cik: 0000912728
- company_name: FORWARD AIR CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912728/000162828024026636/0001628280-24-026636-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912728/000162828024026636/fwrd-20240603.htm

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