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accession: "0000040533-25-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T02:34:42.603131+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GD shareholders re-elect all 13 director nominees, approve KPMG and executive comp, reject human rights proposal

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected; vote margins ranged from ~191M to ~211M for each.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2025 with 230.9M for, 8.1M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution on executive compensation approved with 205.3M for, 8.3M against.
- Shareholder proposal for Human Rights Impact Assessment report rejected with 200.2M against, 11.6M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-25-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053325000017/0000040533-25-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053325000017/gd-20250509.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-25-000017.txt

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