---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001726173-24-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BH-A"
cik: "0001726173"
company_name: "Biglari Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T19:07:55.640480+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Biglari Holdings shareholders re-elect all five directors, reject shareholder proposal

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Sardar Biglari (163,353 for), Cooley, Cooper, Cardwell, Person.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor: 193,897 for vs 1,754 against.
- Shareholder proposal by The Accountability Board defeated: 2,161 for, 167,587 against.
- Broker non-votes: 10,881 on director election and shareholder proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001726173-24-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BH-A
- cik: 0001726173
- company_name: Biglari Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-18T23:59:59+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/1726173/000172617324000023/0001726173-24-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1726173/000172617324000023/bh-20240417.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001726173-24-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Biglari Holdings Inc. shareholders rejected Approve The Accountability Board, Inc. shareholder proposal at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: 2,161 167,587 15,083 For Against Abstentions
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1726173/000172617324000023/0001726173-24-000023-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Biglari Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: For Withheld Sardar Biglari 163,353 21,478 Philip L. Cooley 161,179 23,652 Kenneth R. Cooper 162,190 22,641 John G. Cardwell 162,345 22,486 Ruth J. Person 162,039 22,792
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1726173/000172617324000023/0001726173-24-000023-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Biglari Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: 193,897 1,754 61 For Against Abstentions
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1726173/000172617324000023/0001726173-24-000023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.