---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000006201-23-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAL"
cik: "0000006201"
company_name: "American Airlines Group Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T05:08:08.223761+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAL shareholders approve 2023 Incentive Plan and all director nominees

## Summary
- Stockholders approved 2023 Incentive Award Plan with 269.8M for vs 13.4M against, replacing 2013 Plan.
- All 12 director nominees elected, with votes for ranging from 272.6M to 280.5M.
- Ratified KPMG as independent auditor for FY2023: 427.5M for, 7.3M against.
- Advisory vote on exec compensation passed (273.0M for); frequency set to one year.
- Stockholders approved proposal to amend certain voting thresholds in charter/bylaws.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000006201-23-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAL
- cik: 0000006201
- company_name: American Airlines Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/0000006201-23-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/aal-20230510.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006201-23-000051
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006201-23-000051.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006201-23-000051.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  American Airlines Group Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The stockholders elected the following individuals to the Company’s Board of Directors: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Jeffrey D. Benjamin 277,649,396 5,913,926 1,043,470 151,461,409 Adriane M. Brown 274,335,590 9,552,238 718,964 151,461,409 John T. Cahill 274,664,070 9,204,719 738,003 151,461,409 Michael J. Embler 278,425,908 5,338,504 842,380 151,461,409 Matthew J. Hart 277,591,409 6,242,348 773,035 151,461,409 Robert D. Isom 278,633,466 5,209,157 764,169 151,461,409 Susan D. Kronick 272,561,413 10,908,406 1,136,973 151,461,409 Martin H. Nesbitt 278,448,658 5,373,240 784,894 151,461,409 Denise M. O’Leary 277,594,483 6,206,194 806,115 151,461,409 Vicente Reynal 280,497,162 3,323,825 785,805 151,461,409 Gregory D. Smith 275,069,536 8,794,469 742,787 151,461,409 Douglas M. Steenland 278,080,826 5,581,100 944,866 151,461,409
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/0000006201-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Airlines Group Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 273,040,291 10,606,014 960,504 151,461,392
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/0000006201-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Airlines Group Inc. shareholders approved Approve the 2023 Incentive Award Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 5: Approve the 2023 Incentive Award Plan. The stockholders approved the Company’s 2023 Incentive Award Plan. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 269,754,850 13,386,700 1,465,259 151,461,392
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/0000006201-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Airlines Group Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on a Stockholder Proposal to Amend Certain Voting Thresholds.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 6: Advisory Vote on a Stockholder Proposal to Amend Certain Voting Thresholds. The stockholders approved a proposal that the Company amend certain voting thresholds in its charter and bylaws. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 278,397,612 5,097,668 1,111,529 151,461,392
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/0000006201-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Airlines Group Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-12-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-31
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstain 427,499,568 7,259,659 1,308,974
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/0000006201-23-000051-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  American Airlines Group Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of the Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 4: Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of the Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a frequency of one year for the advisory vote to approve executive compensation. One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 278,267,917 910,268 4,492,150 936,474 151,461,392
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000000620123000051/0000006201-23-000051-index.htm

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