Accent Group's board avoided a spill after a second strike against its renumeration report.
Some 54% of shareholders voted down the remuneration report this year but 95% voting against a spill.
Accent Group has worked to consolidate executive incentives since the first strike, including new strategic metrics accounting for one fifth of bonuses.
Last year, 38% of shares voted were against Accent's remuneration report, more than the 25% threshold needed for a first strike.
It comes as the group reports that sales for the first 20 weeks of FY2021 are well ahead of expectations.
Same sales rose 1.3% in the 20 weeks to November 15, with stores excluding those in Victoria and Auckland rising 15.7%.
Digital sales also increased 129% on the prior year.
Accent Group CEO Daniel Agostinelli said the even Victorian sites had recovered.
"With Victorian stores now open post lockdown, trade is strong and well ahead of expectations.
"We are continuing to see digital sales growth in excess of 100% and customers flooding back to Victorian physical stores since reopening at the end of October.
"The strength in trade in the other states and New Zealand as previously reported has continued. We do not expect that the recent lockdown in Adelaide will have a material impact on sales given our store footprint and demonstrated capability to pivot to online sales.
"Consistent with our approach to date through the Melbourne and Auckland lockdowns, all our permanent employees in Adelaide will remain on full pay and we will also honour payment for committed shifts to our casual team for the initial lockdown period.
"We are seeing a continued consumer trend to active and lifestyle driving strong performance across all the major Accent banners, in particular The Athlete’s Foot, Hype DC, Platypus, Skechers, Vans, The Trybe, Pivot and Stylerunner."
Agostinelli received 100% of his potential short-term bonus after underlying earnings rose 11.7% to $90 million in fiscal 2020.
Some shareholders argued these earnings were super charged by $23.9 million in JobKeeper payments, which saw a $9 million reduction in employee overheads.