--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001709164-24-000025" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "HBB" cik: "0001709164" company_name: "Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co" filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:28:07.694450+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.5 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Stockholders approve charter amendment and amended equity plan at HBB annual meeting ## Summary - Charter amendment to exculpate certain officers under Delaware law approved (39.8M for, 2.4M against). - Amended Executive Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan approved; share pool increased to 1.95M, term extended to 2034. - All 11 director nominees re-elected with high majority (e.g., Belgya 42.2M for, 62k withheld). - Say-on-pay approved (41.6M for, 232k against); Ernst & Young ratified as auditor (43.2M for, 6.6k against). - Non-Employee Directors' Equity Compensation Plan also approved (41.7M for, 489k against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001709164-24-000025 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: HBB - cik: 0001709164 - company_name: Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co - filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.5 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/hbb-20240509.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001709164-24-000025 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001709164-24-000025.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001709164-24-000025.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co: Amendment to certificate of incorporation to expand exculpation provision for certain officers (effective 2024-05-09). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2024-05-09 source text: On May 9, 2024, the Company amended its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the exculpation of certain of the Company’s officers from liability in specific circumstances, as permitted by Delaware law (the “Charter Amendment”). evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co shareholders approved Amendment and restatement of the Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Compensation Plan at the 2024-05-09 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-09 source text: Proposal 5 – The stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Compensation Plan Votes For 41,714,171 Votes Against 488,603 Abstentions 15,963 Broker Non-Votes 1,012,703 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-09 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-09 source text: Proposal 4 - The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2024: Votes For 43,214,227 Votes Against 6,562 Abstentions 10,651 Broker Non-Votes — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co shareholders approved Election of eleven nominees to the Board of Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-09 source text: Proposal 1 - The stockholders elected each of the following eleven nominees to the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected: DIRECTOR VOTES FOR VOTES WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTES Mark R. Belgya 42,156,370 62,235 1,012,703 J.C. Butler, Jr. 40,808,908 1,409,697 1,012,703 Paul D. Furlow 41,085,737 1,132,868 1,012,703 John P. Jumper 40,934,388 1,284,217 1,012,703 Dennis W. LaBarre 39,608,698 2,609,907 1,012,703 Michael S. Miller 41,085,349 1,133,256 1,012,703 Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. 40,472,131 1,746,474 1,012,703 Thomas T. Rankin 41,204,540 1,014,065 1,012,703 James A. Ratner 40,852,531 1,366,074 1,012,703 Gregory H. Trepp 42,156,238 62,367 1,012,703 Clara R. Williams 41,218,201 1,000,404 1,012,703 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co shareholders approved Amendment and restatement of the Equity Plan at the 2024-05-09 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-09 source text: Proposal 6 – The stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Equity Plan Votes For 41,730,539 Votes Against 463,623 Abstentions 24,575 Broker Non-Votes 1,012,703 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co shareholders approved Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to expand exculpation provision to limit liability of certain officers at the 2024-05-09 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-09 source text: Proposal 3 - The stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to expand the exculpation provision to limit liability of certain officers: Votes For 39,794,294 Votes Against 2,391,494 Abstentions 32,949 Broker Non-Votes 1,012,703 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co shareholders approved Advisory approval of Named Executive Officer compensation at the 2024-05-09 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-05-09 source text: Proposal 2 - The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s Named Executive Officer compensation: Votes For 41,566,200 Votes Against 232,398 Abstentions 420,139 Broker Non-Votes 1,012,703 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1709164/000170916424000025/0001709164-24-000025-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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