---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059478-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LLY"
cik: "0000059478"
company_name: "ELI LILLY & Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:14:21.305757+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lilly shareholders re-elect directors, reject board declassification and supermajority proposals

## Summary
- Four directors (Bertozzi, Kaelin, Moeller, Ricks) elected; say-on-pay approved with 95.7% of votes cast.
- Board declassification proposal failed: 70.4% of outstanding shares voted for, short of 80% requirement.
- Supermajority elimination proposal also failed: 70.3% for, below 80% threshold.
- Shareholder proposal for independent board chair rejected (33.7% for).
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor with 94.7% of votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059478-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LLY
- cik: 0000059478
- company_name: ELI LILLY & Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+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/59478/000005947826000048/0000059478-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59478/000005947826000048/lly-20260504.htm

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