INSERTING and REPLACING TEGNA Shareholders Re-elect Board Members and Approve Say on Pay Proposal at Annual Meeting

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The updated release reads: TEGNA SHAREHOLDERS RE-ELECT BOARD MEMBERS AND APPROVE SAY ON PAY PROPOSAL AT ANNUAL MEETING Shareholders of TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today approved the re-election of Board members, ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and approved an advisory resolution on the compensation of the company’s named executive officers.
Shareholders also voted in favor of a shareholder proposal to amend appropriate company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of TEGNA’s outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting.
TEGNA shareholders re-elected Board Chairman Howard D. Elias, president and CEO Dave Lougee, Gina L. Bianchini, Stuart Epstein, Lidia Fonseca, Karen Grimes, Scott K. McCune, Henry W. McGee, Bruce P. Nolop, Neal Shapiro and Melinda C. Witmer to the Board of Directors at the company’s annual meeting held this morning.
TEGNA’s shareholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered accounting firm for the 2022 fiscal year and approved an advisory resolution on the compensation of the company’s named executive officers reported in the company’s 2022 proxy statement.