---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001821393-24-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001821393"
company_name: "Aaron's Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:36:28.022420+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aaron's shareholders elect ten directors, approve say-on-pay and equity plan at annual meeting

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected; each received >22M votes for, against votes ranged 619K–1.8M.
- Non-binding advisory say-on-pay approved with ~20.3M for, ~3.7M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2024 passed with ~26.7M for, ~558K against.
- Amendment and restatement of 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan approved with ~21.6M for, ~2.4M against.
- Meeting held May 15, 2024; 88.17% of outstanding shares represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001821393-24-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001821393
- company_name: Aaron's Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821393/000182139324000078/0001821393-24-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821393/000182139324000078/aan-20240516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001821393-24-000078.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5d1c2d1095524ab29858f542f02a08b58f68570b
  claim: Aaron's Company, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of an amendment and restatement of The Aaron's Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 4 – Approval of an amendment and restatement of The Aaron's Company, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan. For Against Abstain Non-Votes 21,577,631 2,429,992 51,863 3,699,982
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821393/000182139324000078/0001821393-24-000078-index.htm
- claim_id: 81dc68a65e08269641d7c4901e2d2a542e4c5113
  claim: Aaron's Company, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of a non-binding, advisory basis to approve the Company’s executive compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 – Approval of a non-binding, advisory basis to approve the Company’s executive compensation. For Against Abstain Non-Votes 20,283,614 3,740,176 35,696 3,699,982
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821393/000182139324000078/0001821393-24-000078-index.htm
- claim_id: c13745f8e66c7e5c2d8de6589bc71385fff1f826
  claim: Aaron's Company, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. For Against Abstain Non-Votes 26,746,139 558,397 454,932 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821393/000182139324000078/0001821393-24-000078-index.htm
- claim_id: db1857fb8176dbe3e5b0f2fe0191b1a7af4f84f0
  claim: Aaron's Company, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Ten Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 – Election of Ten Directors. For Against Abstain Non-Votes Wangdali C. Bacdayan 23,090,272 931,910 37,304 3,699,982 Laura N. Bailey 23,118,325 904,885 36,276 3,699,982 Kelly H. Barrett 23,044,507 982,164 32,815 3,699,982 Walter G. Ehmer 23,076,838 953,642 29,006 3,699,982 Hubert L. Harris, Jr. 23,148,549 882,861 28,076 3,699,982 Timothy A. Johnson 23,186,641 835,712 37,133 3,699,982 Douglas A. Lindsay 23,416,590 619,362 23,534 3,699,982 Kristine K. Malkoski 22,247,610 1,774,461 37,415 3,699,982 Marvonia P Moore 23,112,835 909,544 37,107 3,699,982 John W. Robinson, III 23,041,926 989,923 27,637 3,699,982
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821393/000182139324000078/0001821393-24-000078-index.htm

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