8-K

Velocity Financial, Inc.

May 26, 2026

/s/ Roland T. Kelly

Roland T. Kelly

Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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): May 21, 2026

Velocity Financial, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-39183

46-0659719

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


2945 Townsgate Road, Suite 110
Westlake Village, California		91361
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (818) 532-3700

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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:

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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	VEL	The New York Stock Exchange
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	VEL	Indicate by check NYSE Texas, Inc.

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.

We held our Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 21, 2026 to allow our shareholders to vote on the matters disclosed in our Proxy Statement. The final voting results for the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders were as follows:

Proposal I: Election of Directors.

All of our Directors were re-elected and received the following votes:


	Number of Votes
	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non- Votes
Dorika M. Beckett		24,668,443		12,440		6,788		1,181,801
Michael W. Chiao		24,661,094		21,190		5,387		1,181,801
Christopher D. Farrar		24,651,920		30,883		4,868		1,181,801
Alan H. Mantel		24,560,450		121,835		5,386		1,181,801
John P. Pitstick		24,676,717		5,568		5,386		1,181,801
John A. Pless		24,420,558		261,726		5,387		1,181,801
Joy L. Schaefer		24,670,154		10,729		6,788		1,181,801
Omar M. Maasarani		24,604,346		77,938		5,387		1,181,801

Proposal II: The approval of our named executive officers’ compensation on an advisory basis, including the following resolution:

Resolved, that the compensation paid to the Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure is approved.

Our shareholders voted as noted below and approved the resolution and our 2025 executive compensation.


	Number of Votes
For		24,590,950
Against		92,104
Abstain		4,617
Broker Non-Votes		1,181,801

Proposal III. The ratification of RSM US LLP as our independent auditor for 2026.

Our shareholders ratified RSM US LLP as our independent auditor for 2026 with the following votes:


	Number of Votes
For		25,860,650
Against		2,294
Abstain		6,528


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