Ethan Allen Interiors Seeks Shareholder Support for Board Slate Amid CEO Transition

09:25 AM EDT, 10/30/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Ethan Allen Interiors (ETD) urged shareholders to back its five board nominees and withhold votes from all five candidates nominated by activist investor DGB ahead of the Nov. 4 annual meeting, the company said Friday. The company said its independent directors are leading a chief executive search, with a successor expected to be announced by June 30, 2027. Current CEO Farooq Kathwari will transition to a non-executive director role after the CEO transition until the 2027 annual meeting, when he will leave the board, it added. Ethan Allen Interiors shares are down 1.1% in premarket activity.