---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-043190"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KG"
cik: "0002055116"
company_name: "Kestrel Group Ltd"
filed_at: "2026-06-15T20:15:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T20:23:00.916971+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kestrel Group shareholders elect seven directors and approve executive compensation at AGM

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected with strong support; votes for ranged from 7.27M to 7.35M.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 6.80M for, 89.7K against.
- Shareholders selected one-year frequency for future say-on-pay advisory votes (7.32M votes for 1 year).
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY2026 approved with 8.95M for, 779 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-043190
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KG
- cik: 0002055116
- company_name: Kestrel Group Ltd
- filed_at: 2026-06-15T20:15:18+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/2055116/000162828026043190/0001628280-26-043190-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055116/000162828026043190/kg-20260615.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-043190.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Kestrel Group Ltd shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: 1. The election of the seven directors of the Company named in the accompanying Proxy Statement to serve until the 2027 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders: Nominees Votes For Withheld Broker Non-Vote Terry Ledbetter 7,349,124 22,555 1,580,954 Bradford Luke Ledbetter 7,350,540 21,139 1,580,954 Joseph Brecher 7,282,561 89,118 1,580,954 Erik Cohen 7,272,268 99,411 1,580,954 Michael Hotchkiss 7,269,720 101,959 1,580,954 Steven Nigro 7,349,331 22,348 1,580,954 Jeffrey Weissmann 7,273,447 98,232 1,580,954
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055116/000162828026043190/0001628280-26-043190-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kestrel Group Ltd shareholders approved The vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of our executive officers at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: 2. The vote on a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of our executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 6,796,163 89,746 485,770 1,580,954
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055116/000162828026043190/0001628280-26-043190-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kestrel Group Ltd shareholders approved The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: 4. The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year: Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 8,950,331 779 1,523 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055116/000162828026043190/0001628280-26-043190-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kestrel Group Ltd shareholders approved The vote on a non-binding advisory proposal to determine the frequency (whether annual, biennial or triennial) with which shareholders of the Company shall be entitled to have an advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: 3. The vote on a non-binding advisory proposal to determine the frequency (whether annual, biennial or triennial) with which shareholders of the Company shall be entitled to have an advisory vote on executive compensation: 1 year 2 years 3 years Abstain Broker Non-Vote 7,315,165 489 41,569 14,456 1,580,954
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2055116/000162828026043190/0001628280-26-043190-index.htm

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