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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2024
 
 
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HIREQUEST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
         
 
         
Delaware
  
000-53088
  
91-2079472
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
     
111 Springhall Drive, Goose Creek, SC
  
29445
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
(843) 723-7400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) 
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
HQI
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 
 
 
 
Item 5.07         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On June 14, 2024, HireQuest, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted to: (i) elect each of the six nominees for director to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, (ii) ratify the selection of FORVIS, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, and (iii) approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. The number of shares of common stock outstanding and eligible to vote as of April 23, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, was 13,958,591. Of these, a total of 12,896,802 shares were voted, either in person or by proxy.
 
The final voting results were as follows:
 
Proposal #1
Election of Directors
Director Nominee
For
 
 
Withheld
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
Richard F. Hermanns
11,239,099  
  32,893  
1,624,810  
R. Rimmy Malhotra
11,017,108  
254,884  
1,624,810  
Lawrence Hagenbuch
10,862,796  
409,196  
1,624,810  
Kathleen Shanahan
10,949,993  
321,999  
1,624,810  
Edward Jackson
11,237,986  
  34,006  
1,624,810  
Jack A. Olmstead
11,195,582  
  76,410
1,624,810  
 
Proposal #2
 
For
 
 
Against
 
 
Abstain
 
The ratification of the selection of FORVIS, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024
12,895,369  
1,235
198
 
Proposal #3
 
For
 
 
Against
 
 
Abstain
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers
11,224,156
40,933  
6,903  
1,624,810  
 
 
 
 
Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)         Exhibits
 
104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
         
   
HIREQUEST, INC.
   
(Registrant)
     
         
     
Date: June 17, 2024
      
/s/ John McAnnar
       
John McAnnar
       
Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, and Corporate Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
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Entity, Registrant Name HIREQUEST, INC.
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Entity, File Number 000-53088
Entity, Tax Identification Number 91-2079472
Entity, Address, Address Line One 111 Springhall Drive
Entity, Address, City or Town Goose Creek
Entity, Address, State or Province SC
Entity, Address, Postal Zip Code 29445
City Area Code 843
Local Phone Number 723-7400
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