---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000753308-23-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEE"
cik: "0000753308"
company_name: "NEXTERA ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:53:23.285868+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NextEra Energy shareholders elect all 12 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, reject board skills disclosure proposal

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with between 90.6% and 99.2% of votes cast.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as independent auditor for 2023 with 94.7% of votes cast.
- Non-binding say-on-pay proposal approved with 78.7% of votes cast.
- Shareholders selected '1 Year' frequency for future say-on-pay votes; Board adopted annual frequency.
- Shareholder proposal on board skills disclosure failed with 48.9% for, 51.1% against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000753308-23-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEE
- cik: 0000753308
- company_name: NEXTERA ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/753308/000075330823000038/0000753308-23-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/753308/000075330823000038/nee-20230518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: NEE's shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as NEE's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/753308/000075330823000038/0000753308-23-000038-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Election of twelve nominees to the Board for a one-year term at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: NEE's shareholders elected each of the twelve nominees to the Board for a one-year term, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/753308/000075330823000038/0000753308-23-000038-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: NEE's shareholders approved, by non-binding advisory vote, NEE's compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/753308/000075330823000038/0000753308-23-000038-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: NEE’s shareholders chose, by non-binding advisory vote, "1 Year" as the frequency with which NEE should hold a non-binding shareholder advisory vote to approve its compensation of its named executive officers, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/753308/000075330823000038/0000753308-23-000038-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NEXTERA ENERGY INC shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal entitled 'Board Skills Disclosure' requesting disclosure in matrix format of each director/nominee's self-identified gender and racial ethnicity, as well as individual skills and attributes at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: NEE’s shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal entitled "Board Skills Disclosure" that requested disclosure, in matrix format, of each director/nominee's self-identified gender and racial ethnicity, as well as individual skills and attributes most relevant to NEE, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/753308/000075330823000038/0000753308-23-000038-index.htm

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