Tegna shareholders re-elect board members, approve ‘say on pay’ proposal

Shareholders of TEGNA have overwhelmingly approved the re-election of nine Board members and an advisory resolution on the compensation of the company’s named executive officers, the company announced. TEGNA shareholders re-elected Board Chairman Howard D. Elias, president and CEO Dave Lougee, Gina L. Bianchini, Stuart J. Epstein, Karen H. Grimes, Scott K. McCune, Henry W. McGee, Neal Shapiro and Melinda C. Witmer to the Board of Directors at the company’s annual meeting held this morning. Directors will serve one-year terms ending at TEGNA’s 2024 annual meeting. Lidia Fonseca and Bruce P. Nolop each retired from TEGNA’s Board of Directors today after serving the company for nine and eight years, respectively. At the meeting, TEGNA’s shareholders also recommended that the company continue to hold advisory votes on the compensation of its named executive officers every year and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. Shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal seeking to require the company to obtain shareholder ratification of certain executive termination pay arrangements.