Papa John's stockholders elected all eight director nominees at the April 30, 2026 Annual Meeting, ratified Ernst & Young LLP as auditors, approved executive compensation, but rejected governance amendments and a stockholder proposal.
Key takeaways
All eight director nominees elected with FOR votes ranging from 20.4M to 21.9M out of 33.8M eligible shares.
Ernst & Young LLP ratified as 2026 independent auditors with 26.6M FOR votes and no broker non-votes.
Advisory approval of executive compensation passed with 18.8M FOR vs. 3.2M AGAINST.
Proposals to remove supermajority voting and reduce special meeting threshold failed despite majority FOR votes due to broker non-votes.
Stockholder proposal by The Accountability Board on special meeting threshold rejected with 10.9M FOR vs. 11.1M AGAINST.