Hilltop Holdings held its 2026 annual meeting on July 23, with shareholders voting on three proposals: election of 13 directors, an advisory say-on-pay vote, and ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor. However, due to an ongoing legal dispute (the Ford Litigation) over the voting rights of approximately 15.5 million shares beneficially owned by trusts connected to former chairman Gerald J. Ford, the company reported results on two alternative bases: one assuming the disputed shares' votes were invalid, and one assuming they were valid. Under both scenarios, all proposals passed, and the validity of the disputed votes did not affect the outcomes.
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