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 15, 2022

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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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 15, 2022, HireQuest, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted: (i) to elect each of the six nominees for director to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, (ii) to ratify the selection of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022, and (iii) to 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 22, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, was 13,786,555. Of these, a total of 12,309,606 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		10,620,240		7,570		1,681,796
R. Rimmy Malhotra		10,625,144		2,666		1,681,796
Lawrence F. Hagenbuch		10,625,287		2,523		1,681,796
Kathleen Shanahan		10,612,474		15,336		1,681,796
Edward Jackson		10,625,144		2,666		1,681,796
Jack A. Olmstead		10,586,492		41,318		1,681,796

Proposal #2

	For		Against		Abstain
The ratification of the selection of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022		12,309,291		67		248

Proposal #3

	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers		10,618,359		7,843		1,608		1,681,796

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 16, 2022		/s/ John McAnnar
		John McAnnar
		Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary