{"url_path":"/sec/hvt/8-k/2026-05-14/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":"2026-05-14","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/0001628280-26-035113-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-035113","cik":"0000216085","ticker":"HVT","issuer_name":"HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216085/0001628280-26-035113-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000216085","primary_entity_name":"HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC"},"word_count":595,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\n(a) On May 11, 2026, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In the election of directors, the holders of shares of Class A common stock and common stock vote as separate classes in accordance with the Company's Charter. For all other matters, the holders of shares of common stock and Class A common stock vote together as a single class and holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of stock and holders of Class A common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of stock. At the meeting of stockholders, a plurality of votes is required in the election of each class of directors and for all other matters approval requires an affirmative vote of a combined majority of the votes cast.\n\n(b) Represented at the meeting in person or by proxy were 1,064,151 shares of Class A common stock, or approximately 87.94% of eligible Class A common stock, and 13,575,468 shares of common stock, or approximately 90.64% of eligible common stock shares.\n\nThe final voting results for each proposal, each of which is described in greater detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2026, follow below:\n\nProposal 1: Election of Directors\n\nClass A Common Stock - The holders of Class A common stock elected all eight director nominees at the annual meeting to serve a one-year term. The voting results were as follows:\n\nBroker\n\nNominee\n\nFor\n\nWithheld\n\nNon-Vote\n\nSteven G. Burdette\n\n1,041,137\n\n0\n\n23,014\n\nL. Allison Dukes\n\n993,410\n\n47,727\n\n23,014\n\nRawson Haverty Jr.\n\n1,041,137\n\n0\n\n23,014\n\nNatalie B. Morhous\n\n1,001,950\n\n39,187\n\n23,014\n\nVicki R. Palmer\n\n1,040,953\n\n184\n\n23,014\n\nDerek G. Schiller\n\n1,001,950\n\n39,187\n\n23,014\n\nE. Kendrick Smith\n\n1,040,836\n\n301\n\n23,014\n\nAl Trujillo\n\n1,001,766\n\n39,371\n\n23,014\n\nCommon Stock - The holders of common stock elected all three director nominees at the annual meeting to serve a one-year term. The voting results were as follows:\n\nBroker\n\nNominee\n\nFor\n\nWithheld\n\nNon-Vote\n\nMichael R. Cote\n\n12,357,257\n\n188,039\n\n1,030,172\n\nG. Thomas Hough\n\n7,818,238\n\n4,727,058\n\n1,030,172\n\nClarence H. Smith\n\n11,903,709\n\n641,587\n\n1,030,172\n\nProposal 2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation\n\nThe stockholders approved the following resolution regarding executive compensation.\n\n“RESOLVED, that the stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s\n\nnamed executive officers as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the accompanying\n\ncompensation tables, and the related narrative disclosure in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the\n\n2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.”\n\nThe voting results were as follows:\n\nBroker\n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nNon-Vote\n\nAdvisory Vote on Executive Compensation\n\n22,822,106\n\n107,626\n\n26,935\n\n1,260,320\n\nProposal 3: Approval of the 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan\n\nThe stockholders approved the 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan. The voting results were as follows:\n\nBroker\n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nNon-Vote\n\n2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan\n\n21,845,047\n\n1,086,203\n\n25,417\n\n1,260,320\n\nProposal 4: Ratification of the Appointment of our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm\n\nThe stockholders ratified the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The voting results were as follows:\n\nBroker\n\nFor\n\nAgainst\n\nAbstain\n\nNon-Vote\n\nRatification of Grant Thornton LLP\n\n24,177,826\n\n21,162\n\n17,999\n\n0\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 14th day of May, 2026.\n\nHAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC.\n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Brendan P. McGill\n\nName:\n\nBrendan P. McGill\n\nTitle:\n\nSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary"}