---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000020212-24-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHDN"
cik: "0000020212"
company_name: "Churchill Downs Inc"
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T12:34:26.333443+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Churchill Downs shareholders elect three Class I directors, ratify PwC, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Directors Carstanjen, Lloyd, Varga elected with 61.1M, 58.2M, 61.3M votes for respectively.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as auditor for FY2024: 67.2M for, 577k against, 552k abstain.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 61.7M for, 1.5M against, 145k abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000020212-24-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHDN
- cik: 0000020212
- company_name: Churchill Downs Inc
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/20212/000002021224000063/0000020212-24-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021224000063/chdn-20240423.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-24-000063
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000020212-24-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Churchill Downs Inc shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 61,668,283 1,547,436 145,139 4,933,173
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021224000063/0000020212-24-000063-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Churchill Downs Inc shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors for a three year term at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: At the 2024 Annual Meeting held April 23, 2024, the Churchill Downs Incorporated (the "Company") shareholders: (1) elected three (3) Class I Directors to terms of three (3) years each; (2) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024; and (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021224000063/0000020212-24-000063-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Churchill Downs Inc shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 67,165,079 577,226 551,726 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000002021224000063/0000020212-24-000063-index.htm

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