HireQuest, Inc.

Regulatory Filings • Jun 17, 2024

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****

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)

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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).

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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

I tem 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.

(Registrant)
Date: June 17, 2024	/s/ John McAnnar
	John McAnnar
	Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, and Corporate Secretary