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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) May 5, 2023 (May 4, 2023)
 
Gray Television, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
                              Georgia
001-13796
58-0285030
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
4370 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia
 
30319
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
404-504-9828
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, 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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock (no par value)
GTN.A
New York Stock Exchange
common stock (no par value)
GTN
New York Stock Exchange
 
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 May 4, 2023, Gray Television, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The results of voting on the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
 
Proposal No. 1 (Election of Directors):
 
Nominee
 
Vote For
Vote Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
           
Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
 
 127,559,981
 2,108,347
 
 14,461,164
Howell W. Newton
 
 108,856,237
 20,812,091
 
 14,461,164
Richard L. Boger
 
 108,425,609
 21,242,719
 
 14,461,164
Luis A. Garcia
 
 128,706,973
 961,355
 
 14,461,164
Richard B. Hare
 
 101,303,843
 28,364,485
 
 14,461,164
Robin R. Howell
 
 128,746,414
 921,914
 
 14,461,164
Donald LaPlatney
 
 128,752,065
 916,263
 
 14,461,164
Lorraine McClain
 
 129,109,963
 558,365
 
 14,461,164
Paul H. McTear
 
 128,718,642
 949,686
 
 14,461,164
Sterling A. Spainhour Jr.
 
 109,069,228
 20,599,100
 
 14,461,164
 
Proposal No. 2 (Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Companys named executive officers):
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
110,350,341
 
19,028,427
 
289,560
 
14,461,164
 
Proposal No. 3 (Non-binding advisory vote relating to the frequency (every one, two or three years) of Gray Television, Inc.s future non-binding say-on-pay votes):
 
Every 1 Year
 
Every 2 Years
 
Every 3 years
 
Abstain
51,603,486
 
91,988
 
77,875,597
 
97,257
 
Proposal No. 4 (Ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for 2023):
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
143,639,150
 
438,612
 
51,730
 
In light of the results of the advisory vote on proposal No. 3 above, the Company’s Board of Directors determined that the Company will hold future say-on-pay votes every three years until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of say-on-pay votes, which will be no later than the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2029. 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
 
Gray Television, Inc.
 
     
May 5, 2023
By:  
/s/ James C. Ryan
 
   
Name:  
James C. Ryan 
 
   
Title:  
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer