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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000051434-26-000075"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IP"
cik: "0000051434"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/"
filed_at: "2026-05-11T21:09:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-11T21:27:55.299816+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve all proposals at 2026 annual meeting including director elections and say-on-pay

## Summary
- Elected 11 director nominees with majority support; Jamie A. Beggs received 451.7M for votes.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2026: 469.1M for, 11.3M against.
- Approved non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation: 442.1M for, 11.7M against.
- Meeting held May 11, 2026; record date March 12, 2026; 480.6M shares present out of 529.5M outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051434-26-000075
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IP
- cik: 0000051434
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/
- filed_at: 2026-05-11T21:09:47+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143426000075/0000051434-26-000075-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143426000075/ip-20260511.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/ shareholders approved Non-binding Resolution to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Shareowners approved the non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of our Named Executive Officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143426000075/0000051434-26-000075-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/ shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our Independent Auditor for 2026 at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Shareowners ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143426000075/0000051434-26-000075-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/ shareholders approved Election of 11 Directors at the 2026-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-11
  source text: Shareowners approved the proposal to elect each of the following 11 nominees as directors, to serve a term of one year ending the earlier of (i) the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareowners and the date a qualified successor has been elected or (ii) death, resignation or retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143426000075/0000051434-26-000075-index.htm

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