• Activist shareholder Doug Bergeron, holder of about 5.2% of Ethan Allen, escalated a proxy fight ahead of the 2026 annual meeting.
• Bergeron urged shareholders to back his five director nominees, arguing the board should be reconstituted following years of contraction.
• Campaign criticized long-serving CEO Farooq Kathwari’s tenure, citing more than $55 million in compensation and special-dividend value since 2015.
• Bergeron said the board should not control CEO succession, noting a public search timeline emerged only after his group launched its own search.
• Plan calls for an interim CEO within 100 days, a strategic reset, growth investment while protecting the regular dividend, and tighter governance oversight.

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