{"url_path":"/sec/hlio/8-k/2026-06-15/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/0001193125-26-271280-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-271280","cik":"0001024795","ticker":"HLIO","issuer_name":"HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024795/0001193125-26-271280-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001024795","primary_entity_name":"HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC."},"word_count":385,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nFour proposals described fully in the 2026 Proxy Statement of the Company were presented for approval at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 33,046,358 shares of Common Stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 29,462,603 shares of Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present.\n\nThe shareholders of the Company voted on the following three matters:\n\nProposal 1. Election of Directors\n\nLaura Dempsey Brown, Cariappa Chenanda and Alexander Schuetz were elected as directors to serve for a term expiring on the date of the Company’s 2029 Annual Meeting. Laura Dempsey Brown, Cariappa Chenanda and Alexander Schuetz were previously elected to serve as directors for a term expiring on the date of the Annual Meeting. Ian Walsh was elected as director to serve for a term expiring on the date of the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting. All directors serve until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation, removal from office or death. The votes cast for and withheld were as follows:\n\n \n\nDirector\n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nLaura Dempsey Brown\n\n26,201,933\n\n1,547,698\n\n20,407\n\n1,692,565\n\nCariappa Chenanda\n\n26,433,807\n\n1,315,789\n\n20,442\n\n1,692,565\n\nAlexander Schuetz\n\n26,372,584\n\n1,377,098\n\n20,356\n\n1,692,565\n\nIan Walsh\n\n26,661,742\n\n1,086,395\n\n21,901\n\n1,692,565\n\n \n\n \n\nProposal 2. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm\n\nThe proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ending January 2, 2027, as disclosed in the Company’s 2026 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:\n\nFor\n\n28,894,546\n\nAgainst\n\n303,496\n\nAbstain\n\n264,561\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nN/A\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nProposal 3. Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation\n\nThe proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s 2026 Proxy Statement, received the following votes:\n\nFor\n\n27,181,272\n\nAgainst\n\n345,922\n\nAbstain\n\n242,844\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n1,692,565\n\n \n\nProposal 4. Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Helios Technologies, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan\n\nThe proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Helios Technologies, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, received the following votes:\n\nFor\n\n26,814,607\n\nAgainst\n\n713,697\n\nAbstain\n\n241,734\n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n1,692,565"}