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,
2021
HIREQUEST,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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000-53088
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91-2079472
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Organization)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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111
Springhall Drive, Goose Creek, SC
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29445
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(843)
723-7400
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
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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the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of Each
Class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name of Each
Exchange on Which Registered
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Common Stock,
$0.001 par value
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HQI
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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. ☐
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of
Security Holders.
On
June 17, 2021, HireQuest, Inc. (the “Company”) held its
2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual
Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s
stockholders voted to: (i) elect each of the seven nominees for
director to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or
until their successors are duly elected and qualified, (ii) ratify
the selection of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending
December 31, 2021, and (iii) approve, on a non-binding advisory
basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive
officers. The number of shares of common stock outstanding and
eligible to vote as of April 23, 2021, the record date for the
Annual Meeting, was 13,643,166. Of these shares, the holders
12,135,173 shares were either present or represented by proxy at
the Annual Meeting.
The
final voting results were as follows:
Proposal #1
Election of Directors
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Director Nominee
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For
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Withheld
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Broker Non-Votes
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Richard
F. Hermanns
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10,652,635
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3,749
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1,478,789
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R.
Rimmy Malhotra
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10,651,967
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4,417
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1,478,789
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Edward
Jackson
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10,576,038
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80,346
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1,478,789
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Payne
Brown
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10,652,611
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3,773
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1,478,789
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Kathleen
Shanahan
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10,652,614
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3,770
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1,478,789
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Lawrence
F. Hagenbuch
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10,652,632
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3,752
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1,478,789
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Jack
A. Olmstead
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10,652,635
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3,749
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1,478,789
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Proposal #2
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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The
ratification of the selection of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the
year ending December 31, 2021
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12,132,161
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66
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2,946
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Proposal #3
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Broker Non-Votes
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Non-binding
advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company's named
executive officers
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10,602,286
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1,650
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52,448
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1,478,789
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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.
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HIREQUEST,
INC.
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(Registrant)
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Date: June 21,
2021
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/s/ John McAnnar
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John
McAnnar
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Executive Vice
President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary
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