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accession: "0001628280-26-037554"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000277638"
company_name: "DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO"
filed_at: "2026-05-22T12:56:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T13:00:18.337924+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Davey Tree holds annual meeting; elects three directors, approves say-on-pay, ratifies auditor

## Summary
- Patrick M. Covey, Jerome P. Grisko Jr., and Thomas A. Haught elected as directors for three-year terms.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 25,221,726 for, 811,090 against, 4,399,428 abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2026: 29,313,165 for, 608,549 against, 510,530 abstain.
- Total shares represented: 39,591,127 (quorum); no broker nonvotes on any proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-037554
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000277638
- company_name: DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO
- filed_at: 2026-05-22T12:56:30+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277638/000162828026037554/0001628280-26-037554-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277638/000162828026037554/davey-20260519.htm

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