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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 7, 2025 (May 7, 2025)
 
Gray Media, 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 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gray Media, Inc. (the “Company”), previously approved, subject to shareholder approval, the amendment and restatement of the Gray Television, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”), to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock and Class A common stock reserved for issuance thereunder and to extend the termination date of the plan to the 10th anniversary of the date of shareholder approval.
 
The Company’s shareholders approved the Plan at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 7, 2025. A detailed summary of the material terms of the Plan appears under the caption “Proposal 2 - Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Gray Television, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan” in the Company’s proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2025, which description is incorporated by reference herein.
 
The foregoing description and the summary contained in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On May 7, 2025, the Company held its 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
 
Votes For
   
Votes Withheld
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
                         
Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
    135,010,053       3,114,484       32,189,153  
Howell W. Newton
    116,072,545       22,051,992       32,189,153  
Richard L. Boger
    116,164,761       21,959,776       32,189,153  
Luis A. Garcia
    134,855,044       3,269,493       32,189,153  
Richard B. Hare
    113,191,612       24,932,925       32,189,153  
Robin R. Howell
    135,393,509       2,731,028       32,189,153  
Donald P. LaPlatney
    135,521,426       2,603,111       32,189,153  
Lorraine McClain
    118,538,670       19,585,867       32,189,153  
Paul H. McTear
    134,876,161       3,248,376       32,189,153  
Sterling A. Spainhour Jr.
    118,872,297       19,252,240       32,189,153  
 
 
Proposal No. 2 (Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Companys 2022 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan):
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-votes
129,076,427
 
8,929,159
 
118,951
 
32,189,153
 
 
Proposal No. 3 (Ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for 2025):
 
Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
168,846,793
 
1,388,030
 
78,867
 
 

 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
 10.1
 Gray Media, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated)
 104
 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
 
 

 
 
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 7, 2025
By:  
  /s/ Jeffrey R. Gignac
 
   
Name:  
Jeffrey R. Gignac 
 
   
Title:  
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer