secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-23-000031
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

GD annual meeting results: all board nominees elected; two shareholder proposals rejected
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- All 13 director nominees elected, including CEO Phebe Novakovic; John Stratton received 50.1M against votes.
- Shareholders approved amendment to Delaware charter to limit liability of officers (93% of votes cast for).
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for 2023 (98.4% of votes cast for).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (96.3% of votes cast for); frequency set to every year.
- Shareholders rejected proposals for human rights impact assessment (23% for) and independent chairman (39% for).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000031/0000040533-23-000031-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000031/gd-20230505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-23-000031

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