# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000907471
**File Stem:** 0000907471-23-000028
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 6215
**Document Hash:** a52d50a4e346974f0d6bc1fdb1861da5
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000907471-23-000028.hdr.sgml**: 20230301

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000907471-23-000028

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230301

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230301

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230301

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PATHWARD FINANCIAL, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000907471
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 421406262
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-22140
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23693571

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5501 SOUTH BROADBAND LANE
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 1307
- **CITY:** SIOUX FALLS
- **STATE:** SD
- **ZIP:** 57108
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6057821767

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5501 SOUTH BROADBAND LANE
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 1307
- **CITY:** SIOUX FALLS
- **STATE:** SD
- **ZIP:** 57108

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** META FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20050208

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** FIRST MIDWEST FINANCIAL INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930618

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): March 1, 2023

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PATHWARD FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 0-22140 42-1406262 <br> (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

5501 South Broadband Lane, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57108

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (877) 497-7497

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| 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): | 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): |
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| ☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c)) |

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| <u>Title of each class</u> | <u>Trading Symbol(s)</u> | <u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u> |
| Common Stock, $.01 par value | CASH | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |

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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. ☐

    

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Item 5.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Pathward Financial, Inc. (the "Company") held virtually on February 28, 2023 (the "Annual Meeting"), the shareholders of the Company: (i) elected each of the persons listed below under Proposal 1 to serve as a director of the Company for a term of three years, in each case until their successors are elected and duly qualified; (ii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's "named executive officers" disclosed in the Company's 2023 Proxy Statement; and (iii) ratified the appointment of Crowe LLP as the independent auditors of the Company's financial statements for the year ending September 30, 2023.

The final results for the votes regarding the proposals are as follows:

<u>Proposal 1:</u>

To elect two directors for a term of three years, in each case until their successors are elected and duly qualified:

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| Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
| Douglas J. Hajek | 20,277,402 | 806,404 | 2,279,598 |
| Kendall E. Stork | 20,312,407 | 771,399 | 2,279,598 |

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The following directors continue to serve on the Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting: Elizabeth G. Hoople, Ronald D. McCray, Fredrick V. Moore, Brett L. Pharr, Becky S. Shulman, and Lizabeth H. Zlatkus.

<u>Proposal 2:</u>

To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's "named executive officers" (a "Say-on-Pay" vote), with 20,444,265 votes cast for, 466,275 votes cast against, 173,266 votes abstaining and 2,279,598 broker non-votes.

<u>Proposal 3:</u>

To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of independent registered public accounting firm Crowe LLP as the independent auditors of the Company's financial statements for the year ending September 30, 2023, with 23,219,937 votes cast for, 131,311 votes cast against and 12,156 votes abstaining.

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SIGNATURE

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.

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| | | PATHWARD FINANCIAL, INC. |
| Date: March 1, 2023 | By: | <u>/s/ Glen W. Herrick</u> |
|  |  | Glen W. Herrick |
|  |  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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