{"url_path":"/sec/mbinn/8-k/2026-05-21/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":"2026-05-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1629019/0001104659-26-065139-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-065139","cik":"0001629019","ticker":"MBIN","issuer_name":"Merchants Bancorp","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1629019/0001104659-26-065139-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001629019","primary_entity_name":"Merchants Bancorp"},"word_count":292,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nMerchants Bancorp (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting\nof Shareholders on May 21, 2026. Matters voted upon by holders of the Company’s common stock were:\n\n \n\n(1)election of twelve (12) directors to the Company’s Board of Directors;\n\n \n\n(2)a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and\n\n \n\n(3)ratification of the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the\nfiscal year ending December 31, 2026.\n\n \n\nThe final number of votes cast for, against, or withheld, as well as\nthe number of abstentions and broker non-votes, for each matter are detailed below.\n\n \n\n1.Election of twelve (12) members to the Company’s Board\nof Directors to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected\nand qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation, removal, or death:\n\n \n\nDirector Nominee \nFor  \nWithheld  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\nMichael F. Petrie \n 40,311,603  \n 332,210  \n 2,093,858 \n\nTamika D. Catchings \n 34,552,845  \n 6,120,968  \n 2,093,858 \n\nMichael S. Curless \n 40,634,251  \n 9,562  \n 2,093,858 \n\nThomas W. Dinwiddie \n 40,537,106  \n 106,707  \n 2,093,858 \n\nMichael J. Dunlap \n 40,238,642  \n 405,171  \n 2,093,858 \n\nScott A. Evans \n 40,238,642  \n 405,171  \n 2,093,858 \n\nAndrew A. Juster \n 34,527,080  \n 6,116,733  \n 2,093,858 \n\nJulia L. Kaercher \n 39,894,133  \n 749,680  \n 2,093,858 \n\nPatrick D. O’Brien \n 34,579,661  \n 6,064,152  \n 2,093,858 \n\nRandall D. Rogers, Jr. \n 40,497,823  \n 145,990  \n 2,093,858 \n\nAnne E. Sellers \n 33,951,013  \n 6,692,800  \n 2,093,858 \n\nMark E. Shaffer \n 40,600,459  \n 43,354  \n 2,093,858 \n\n \n\n2.A non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.\n\n \n\nFor \nAgainst \nAbstentions \nBroker Non-Votes \n\n38,671,751 \n 1,947,562 \n 24,500 \n 2,093,858 \n\n \n\n3.Ratification of the appointment of Forvis Mazars, LLP as the independent\nregistered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.\n\n \n\nFor \nAgainst \nAbstentions \nBroker Non-Votes \n\n42,714,503 \n 18,347 \n 4,821 \n 0"}