VELOCITY FINANCIAL, LLC filed this 8-K on 26 May 2026
VELOCITY FINANCIAL, INC. - 8-K - 20260526 - SUBMISSION_MATTERS_TO_VOTE_OF_SECURITY_HOLDERS
Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

We held our Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 21, 2026 to allow our shareholders to vote on the matters disclosed in our Proxy Statement. The final voting results for the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders were as follows:

Proposal I: Election of Directors.

All of our Directors were re-elected and received the following votes:

 

     Number of Votes         
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Dorika M. Beckett

     24,668,443        12,440        6,788        1,181,801  

Michael W. Chiao

     24,661,094        21,190        5,387        1,181,801  

Christopher D. Farrar

     24,651,920        30,883        4,868        1,181,801  

Alan H. Mantel

     24,560,450        121,835        5,386        1,181,801  

John P. Pitstick

     24,676,717        5,568        5,386        1,181,801  

John A. Pless

     24,420,558        261,726        5,387        1,181,801  

Joy L. Schaefer

     24,670,154        10,729        6,788        1,181,801  

Omar M. Maasarani

     24,604,346        77,938        5,387        1,181,801  

Proposal II: The approval of our named executive officers’ compensation on an advisory basis, including the following resolution:

Resolved, that the compensation paid to the Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure is approved.

Our shareholders voted as noted below and approved the resolution and our 2025 executive compensation.

 

     Number of
Votes
 

For

     24,590,950  

Against

     92,104  

Abstain

     4,617  

Broker Non-Votes

     1,181,801  

Proposal III. The ratification of RSM US LLP as our independent auditor for 2026.

Our shareholders ratified RSM US LLP as our independent auditor for 2026 with the following votes:

 

     Number of Votes  

For

     25,860,650  

Against

     2,294  

Abstain

     6,528