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Proxy disputes over beneficial ownership and voting authority present a recurring challenge for boards navigating annual meeting season. Against that backdrop, Hilltop Holdings Inc.
(NYSE: HTH), the Dallas-based financial services firm, held its 2026 Annual Meeting on July 23 with 15,544,674 shares in contested legal status, their votes tallied twice in the company's 8-K filing: once if valid, and once disregarded entirely.
The Ford Litigation and the disputed bloc The dispute traces to July 1, 2025, when trustees of trusts established by Gerald J.
Ford, Hilltop's former Chairman and Chairman Emeritus, filed suit in the First Division of the Business Court of Texas.
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