---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-012284"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHOO"
cik: "0000913241"
company_name: "STEVEN MADDEN, LTD."
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T16:56:53.863462+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Steven Madden shareholders elect 11 directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with over 61M votes for each; no dissident candidates.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2025: 69.2M for, 0.2M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 65.0M for, 0.95M against.
- Broker non-votes of 3.4M shares on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-012284
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHOO
- cik: 0000913241
- company_name: STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+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/913241/000164117225012284/0001641172-25-012284-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913241/000164117225012284/form8-k.htm

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