Shareholder Vote

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) April 22, 2024 ​ Seaboard Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Delaware ​ 1-3390 ​ 04-2260388 (State or other jurisdiction of ​ (Commission ​ (I.R.S. Employer incorporation) ​ File Number) ​ Identification No.) ​ ​ ​ 9000 West 67th Street , Merriam , Kansas 66202 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ​ ​ ​ Registrant’s telephone number including area code ( 913 ) 676-8928 ​ 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: ☐  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 $1.00 Par Value SEB NYSE American 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 Seaboard Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on April 22, 2024 in Overland Park, Kansas. Two items were submitted to a vote as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed March 8, 2024. The following briefly describes the proposals and results of the stockholders’ votes. ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes in Votes ​ Favor Withheld 1. Election of the following persons as directors: ​ ​ Ellen S. Bresky 812,114 110,500 David A. Adamsen 879,332   43,282 Douglas W. Baena 850,388   72,226 Paul M. Squires 815,074 107,540 Frances B. Shifman 887,914   34,700 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Votes in Votes Votes ​ Favor Against Abstaining ​ ​ ​ ​ 2. Ratification and approval of the selection of KPMG LLP 944,504 1,099 289 as independent auditors for 2024: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ There were 23,278 broker non-votes with respect to the election of directors. There were 0 broker non-votes with respect to the selection of independent auditors. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2 ​ ​ 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 thereunto duly authorized. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Date: April 25, 2024 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Seaboard Corporation ​ ​ ​ ​ (Registrant) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ By: /s/ David H. Rankin ​ ​ ​ ​ David H. Rankin Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (principal financial officer) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3