---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001955520-24-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KNF"
cik: "0001955520"
company_name: "Knife River Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:20:25.815399+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knife River shareholders re-elect two Class I directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor

## Summary
- German Carmona Alvarez elected with 33.5M for, 9.7M against, 67.8K abstentions, 6.7M broker non-votes.
- Thomas W. Hill re-elected with 42.98M for, 198.5K against, 68.2K abstentions, 6.7M broker non-votes.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 41.7M for, 1.44M against, 131.1K abstentions.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2024 approved with 47.1M for, 2.8M against, 73.9K abstentions.
- Board determined to hold annual say-on-pay votes based on frequency proposal result favoring every year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001955520-24-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KNF
- cik: 0001955520
- company_name: Knife River Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1955520/000195552024000028/0001955520-24-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1955520/000195552024000028/knf-20240514.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3121edf4aa2f1447c8ce4f479239d2d383d2da55
  claim: Knife River Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve the Compensation Paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 2. 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve the Compensation Paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers 41,183,718 240,663 1,649,725 170,860 6,694,543
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1955520/000195552024000028/0001955520-24-000028-index.htm
- claim_id: 653bd2beb1f074c4aacde2cc46f6bfc3d0c5f95a
  claim: Knife River Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 4. Shares For Shares Against Abstentions Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024 47,100,467 2,765,139 73,903
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1955520/000195552024000028/0001955520-24-000028-index.htm
- claim_id: 6b85a5d8035a3ff32dd96e8ce16a076b4b89230f
  claim: Knife River Corp shareholders approved Election of Two Class I Directors: German Carmona Alvarez and Thomas W. Hill at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 1. Shares For Shares Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Proposal to Elect Two Class I Directors: German Carmona Alvarez 33,523,704 9,653,443 67,819 6,694,543 Thomas W. Hill 42,978,282 198,478 68,206 6,694,543
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1955520/000195552024000028/0001955520-24-000028-index.htm
- claim_id: 6c3a4918d1af2532b2843f0b7a2d991ff566fad2
  claim: Knife River Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation Paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 3. Shares For Shares Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation Paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers 41,673,105 1,440,727 131,134 6,694,543
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1955520/000195552024000028/0001955520-24-000028-index.htm

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