Werner Enterprises appoints M. Gayle Packer to board; annual meeting votes held
Werner Enterprises' board appointed M. Gayle Packer, president and CEO of Terracon Consultants Inc., as a director on May 13, 2025, to fill a Class III vacancy. At the same day's annual meeting, stockholders elected three Class I directors, approved the advisory executive compensation resolution, and ratified KPMG LLP as the independent auditor for 2025.
Key points
- Packer joins the Audit and ESG Committees and receives the same annual pay as other independent directors: a $75,000 cash retainer and a $100,000 restricted stock award vesting over three years.
- Michelle D. Greene, Jack A. Holmes and Carmen A. Tapio were elected to three-year terms expiring at the 2028 annual meeting.
- Say-on-pay resolution passed with 49,281,522 votes for and 4,486,858 against.
- KPMG LLP was ratified for 2025 with 58,335,231 votes for and 814,231 against.
The filing
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