Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 18, 2021, at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Daseke, Inc. (the "Company"), as further described below in Item 5.07, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment and restatement (the "Restatement") of the Daseke, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the "Incentive Plan"). Previously, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") approved the Restatement, which, among other things, increases the number of shares that may be granted as awards under the Incentive Plan by 4,000,000 and extends the scheduled expiration date of the Incentive Plan from February 27, 2027 to June 18, 2031, subject to the approval by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

The Incentive Plan is a long-term incentive plan pursuant to which awards, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards and other stock-based awards and cash awards, may be granted to certain employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its affiliates. It is not possible to determine specific amounts and types of awards that may be granted to eligible participants under the Incentive Plan subsequent to the Annual Meeting because the grant and payment of such awards is subject to the discretion of the Board's Compensation Committee.

The foregoing description of the Restatement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Restatement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein. In addition, a description of the material terms of the Restatement and the Incentive Plan was included in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2021 (the "Proxy Statement").

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 18, 2021, the Company held the Annual Meeting. As of April 23, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 65,193,669 shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A summary of the matters voted upon by the Company's stockholders and the final voting results for each such matter are set forth below.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

Each of the following persons was duly elected by the Company's stockholders to serve as a director on the Board until the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or his or her earlier death, resignation or removal, with votes as follows:





Nominee                  For        Withhold    Broker Non-Votes
Brian Bonner          27,039,398   13,764,443      14,458,020
Don R. Daseke         39,882,068    921,773        14,458,020
Catharine Ellingsen   39,983,247    820,594        14,458,020
Grant Garbers         40,405,488    398,353        14,458,020
Charles F. Serianni   32,619,146   8,184,695       14,458,020
Jonathan Shepko       40,190,963    612,878        14,458,020
Ena Williams          30,721,724   10,082,117      14,458,020

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:





   For        Against    Abstained   Broker Non-Votes
52,478,620   2,697,112    86,129            -

Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

The executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" and related executive compensation tables of the proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting was approved by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:





   For        Against     Abstained   Broker Non-Votes
20,863,361   18,983,509    956,971       14,458,020

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Proposal 4 - Amendment and Restatement of the Daseke, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan

The amendment and restatement of the Incentive Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:





   For        Against    Abstained   Broker Non-Votes
30,398,823   9,450,687    954,331       14,458,020


Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)         Exhibits

  10.1        Daseke, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
            on June 18, 2021.

104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
            document).

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