---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000020212-23-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHDN"
cik: "0000020212"
company_name: "Churchill Downs Inc"
filed_at: "2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T17:02:47.253997+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Downs shareholders elect 3 directors, ratify PwC, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Three Class III directors elected: Fealy (27.9M for), Grissom (29.2M for), Harrington (28.5M for).
- Ratification of PwC as auditor: 32.1M for, 420,795 against, 24,364 abstentions.
- Advisory vote on NEO compensation approved: 29.5M for, 592,788 against, 56,882 abstentions.
- Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay: one year received 29.5M votes, approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000020212-23-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHDN
- cik: 0000020212
- company_name: Churchill Downs Inc
- filed_at: 2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021223000076/0000020212-23-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021223000076/chdn-20230425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-23-000076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-23-000076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-23-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Churchill Downs Inc shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: (2) Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 32,120,822 420,795 24,364 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021223000076/0000020212-23-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Churchill Downs Inc shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: (4) Approval, on an advisory basis, of one year as the frequency of the advisory vote to approve executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 29,457,407 118,237 478,449 59,153 2,452,735
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021223000076/0000020212-23-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Churchill Downs Inc shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors for a three year term at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: (1) Election of Class III Directors for a three year term Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Robert L. Fealy 27,919,074 2,194,172 2,452,735 Douglas C. Grissom 29,192,635 920,611 2,452,735 Daniel P. Harrington 28,455,014 1,658,232 2,452,735
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021223000076/0000020212-23-000076-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Churchill Downs Inc shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: (3) Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 29,463,576 592,788 56,882 2,452,735
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021223000076/0000020212-23-000076-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.