---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-035113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HVT"
cik: "0000216085"
company_name: "HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:12:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:16:06.332799+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Haverty Furniture holds 2026 annual meeting; all director nominees and proposals approved.

## Summary
- Class A and common stockholders elected all 11 director nominees to one-year terms; each nominee received majority support.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 22,822,106 votes for, 107,626 against.
- Stockholders approved 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan with 21,845,047 votes for, 1,086,203 against.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY 2026 approved with 24,177,826 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-035113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HVT
- cik: 0000216085
- company_name: HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:12:16+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026035113/0001628280-26-035113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026035113/hvt-20260514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Proposal 4: Ratification of the Appointment of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The stockholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026035113/0001628280-26-035113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Approval of the 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Proposal 3: Approval of the 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan The stockholders approved the 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026035113/0001628280-26-035113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation The stockholders approved the following resolution regarding executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026035113/0001628280-26-035113-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors Class A Common Stock - The holders of Class A common stock elected all eight director nominees at the annual meeting to serve a one-year term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/000162828026035113/0001628280-26-035113-index.htm

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