---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000749251-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IT"
cik: "0000749251"
company_name: "GARTNER INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:42:23.713324+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gartner reports 2023 Annual Meeting voting results, all proposals approved

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; William O. Grabe received 60.5M 'For' votes, lowest among incumbents.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 63.3M For vs 5.4M Against.
- Stockholders chose annual frequency for future say-on-pay votes (66.9M for every year).
- Long-Term Incentive Plan approved with 65.6M For vs 3.1M Against.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for 2023 approved with 70.0M For.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000749251-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IT
- cik: 0000749251
- company_name: GARTNER INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925123000026/0000749251-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925123000026/it-20230601.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GARTNER INC shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 2 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: Votes For 63,282,612 Votes Against 5,371,830 Abstentions 86,553 Broker Non-Votes 4,191,687
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925123000026/0000749251-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GARTNER INC shareholders approved Election of twelve nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of twelve nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors: Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Peter E. Bisson 67,120,211 1,595,067 25,717 4,191,687
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925123000026/0000749251-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GARTNER INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 5 – Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year: Votes For 70,042,895 Votes Against 2,870,120 Abstentions 19,667
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925123000026/0000749251-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GARTNER INC shareholders approved Vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 3 – Vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation: Every Year 66,879,636 Every Two Years 40,623 Every Three Years 1,795,256 Abstentions 25,480 Broker Non-Votes 4,191,687
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925123000026/0000749251-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GARTNER INC shareholders approved Approval of the Gartner, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 4 – Approval of the Gartner, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan: Votes For 65,643,293 Votes Against 3,060,444 Abstentions 37,258 Broker Non-Votes 4,191,687
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000074925123000026/0000749251-23-000026-index.htm

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