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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 21, 2025

 

OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Virginia

0-19582

56-0751714

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

500 Old Dominion Way

 

 

Thomasville, North Carolina

 

27360

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (336) 889-5000

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under 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))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 ($0.10 par value)

 

ODFL

 

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).

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.

On May 21, 2025, as further described in Item 5.07 below, the shareholders of Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 2025 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Plan previously had been approved, subject to shareholder approval, by the Company’s Board of Directors.

A summary of the material terms of the Plan is set forth in “Proposal 3 – Approval of the Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 2025 Stock Incentive Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). That summary and the foregoing description of the Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 21, 2025, the Company held the Annual Meeting. The following matters, which are described in more detail in the Proxy Statement, were voted upon by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results are reported below.

Proposal 1 – Election of Twelve Directors

Each of the following individuals were elected by the shareholders to serve as directors for one-year terms and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified or until their death, resignation, removal or disqualification or until there is a decrease in the number of directors, and received the number of votes set opposite their respective names:

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Sherry A. Aaholm

 

171,617,998

 

11,481,035

 

4,885,833

David S. Congdon

 

179,906,773

 

3,192,260

 

4,885,833

John R. Congdon, Jr.

 

177,359,758

 

5,739,275

 

4,885,833

Andrew S. Davis

 

181,917,403

 

1,181,630

 

4,885,833

Kevin M. Freeman

 

181,795,292

 

1,303,741

 

4,885,833

Bradley R. Gabosch

 

180,693,941

 

2,405,092

 

4,885,833

Greg C. Gantt

 

180,878,501

 

2,220,532

 

4,885,833

John D. Kasarda

 

163,173,588

 

19,925,445

 

4,885,833

Debra S. King

 

182,798,997

 

300,036

 

4,885,833

Cheryl S. Miller

 

181,885,461

 

1,213,572

 

4,885,833

Wendy T. Stallings

 

181,058,369

 

2,040,664

 

4,885,833

Thomas A. Stith, III

 

180,770,479

 

2,328,554

 

4,885,833

 

Proposal 2 – Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the shareholders based on the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

172,792,798

 

10,186,827

 

119,408

 

4,885,833

 

Proposal 3 – Approval of the Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 2025 Stock Incentive Plan

The Plan was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

176,133,661

 

6,898,454

 

66,918

 

4,885,833

 

Proposal 4 – Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

178,191,945

 

9,711,956

 

80,965

 

 


 

Proposal 5 – Shareholder Proposal

A shareholder proposal regarding emission reduction targets was not approved by the shareholders based on the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

27,731,468

 

154,195,082

 

1,172,483

 

4,885,833

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 22, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors had declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.28 per share of common stock, payable on June 18, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 4, 2025. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.1

 

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 2025 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-287462) filed on May 21, 2025

99.1

 

Press Release dated May 22, 2025

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 


 

SIGNATURE

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.

 

OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.

 

By:

/s/ Clayton G. Brinker

Clayton G. Brinker

 

 

 

Vice President – Accounting and Finance

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

Date: May 22, 2025