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MFIN · Current Report (Form 8-K) · Filed June 12, 2026

Medallion Financial Corp — Current Report (Form 8-K)

Form
8-K
Filed
June 12, 2026
Period
Jun 9, 2026
Ticker
MFIN
Accession
0001193125-26-269326
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Company nominees won all Class III director seats; dissident nominees defeated; auditor and executive compensation advisory approved.

About Medallion Financial Corp
Market cap
$275M
1Y TSR
+19.1%
3Y TSR
+21.8%
Board grade
A-
Sector
Financial Services
CEO
Andrew Murstein
Last annual meeting: Jun 12, 2025 · View full Medallion Financial Corp profile →
8-K
 
 

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): June 9, 2026

 

 

MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-37747

(Commission File Number)

04-3291176

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

437 Madison Avenue, 38th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 328-2100

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

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, par value $0.01 per share   MFIN   NASDAQ Global Select Market

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 June 9, 2026, Medallion Financial Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 13, 2026, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 23,864,438 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. 17,419,949 shares of common stock, or 73.0% of the common stock outstanding on the Record Date, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.

Set forth below are (i) the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2026, and (ii) the final certified results of the voting reported by First Coast Results, Inc., the independent Inspector of Election for the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 – Election of Class III Directors

Shareholders elected each of the Company’s nominees to serve as Class III Directors, each for a term expiring at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, and for the third consecutive annual meeting of shareholders with respect to which BIMIZCI Fund LLC (the “Dissident”) submitted notice of director nominations, did not elect any of the Dissident’s nominees, by the following votes:

 

     VOTES FOR      VOTES WITHHELD  

COMPANY NOMINEES

     

John Everets

     14,905,644        2,476,122  

Cynthia A. Hallenbeck

     13,199,033        4,182,873  

Alvin Murstein

     12,785,454        4,596,312  

DISSIDENT NOMINEES

     

Eric Kelly

     3,384,358        13,997,407  

John Kiernan

     4,711,028        12,670,737  

Timothy Shanahan

     2,038,133        15,343,773  

Proposal 2 – Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 by the following votes:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

16,425,384   742,483   252,082

Proposal 3 – Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation

The Company’s stockholders approved a non-binding advisory resolution to approve the 2025 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the Company’s proxy statement, by the following votes:

 

VOTES FOR

 

VOTES AGAINST

 

VOTES ABSTAINED

14,202,106   2,854,013   363,830

No other matters were properly presented for consideration or shareholder action at the Annual Meeting.


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.

 

  MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP.
Dated: June 12, 2026   By:  

/s/ Anthony N. Cutrone

    Name:   Anthony N. Cutrone
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer
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When did Medallion Financial Corp file this 8-K?
Medallion Financial Corp (MFIN) filed this Current Report (Form 8-K) with the SEC on June 12, 2026. The accession number assigned by EDGAR is 0001193125-26-269326.
What does an 8-K disclose?
Form 8-K is the SEC's current-report form, used to disclose material events between periodic reports (10-K / 10-Q). Triggers include CEO/CFO departures, acquisitions, bankruptcies, earnings releases, auditor changes, changes in fiscal year, and amendments to corporate governance. Each 8-K is keyed to one or more Item numbers (1.01 through 9.01).
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Company nominees won all Class III director seats; dissident nominees defeated; auditor and executive compensation advisory approved. This is Boardroom Alpha's one-line summary of the current report; see the full filing text above for the formal disclosure.
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