VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC 10-Q

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Valmont’s annual meeting of stockholders was held on April 27, 2026. The stockholders elected four directors to serve three-year terms, approved the Valmont 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to Valmont’s named executive officers, and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditors for fiscal 2026. For the annual meeting, there were 19,547,213 shares outstanding and eligible to vote of which 17,796,049 were present at the meeting in person or by proxy. The tabulation for each matter voted upon at the meeting was as follows: Election of directors: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ For ​ Withheld ​ Broker Non-Votes Mogens C. Bay ​ 14,808,848 ​ 1,946,774 ​ 1,040,427 Ritu Favre ​ 15,243,183 ​ 1,512,439 ​ 1,040,427 Richard A. Lanoha ​ 16,467,838 ​ 287,784 ​ 1,040,427 Paul T. Maass ​ 16,698,826 ​ 56,796 ​ 1,040,427 Approval of the Valmont 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ For ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 16,705,270 Against ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 44,130 Abstain ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 6,222 Broker non-votes ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1,040,427 Advisory vote on executive compensation: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ For ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 15,956,464 Against ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 783,472 Abstain ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 15,686 Broker non-votes ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1,040,427 Ratification of appointment of independent auditors: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ For ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 17,656,277 Against ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 124,329 Abstain ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 15,443 Broker non-votes ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 0 ​ 29 Table of Contents ITEM 6. EXHIBITS Exhibit No. ​ ​ ​ Description 22.1 ​ List of Issuer and Guarantor Subsidiaries. This document was filed as Exhibit 22.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Commission file number 001-31429) for the fiscal quarter ended September 25, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. 31.1* ​ Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer . 31.2* ​ Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer . 32.1* ​ Section 906 Certifications. 101 ​ The following financial information from Valmont’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests, (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and (vii) document and entity information. 104 ​ Cover Page Interactive File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) * Filed herewith ​ 30 Table of Contents SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf and by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. ​ VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC. ​ ​ ​ /s/ JOHN SCHWIETZ ​ John Schwietz ​ Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dated the 28th day of April 2026. ​ 31