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accession: "0000849399-26-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEN"
cik: "0000849399"
company_name: "Gen Digital Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-11T20:27:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-11T20:28:04.729100+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gen Digital say-on-pay proposal fails at 2026 annual meeting; all directors elected

## Summary
- Say-on-pay vote: 209,903,985 for, 307,097,626 against, 430,536 abstain; proposal not approved.
- All nine director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 459,882,006 (Eric K. Brandt) to 515,974,361 (John C. Chrystal).
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2027: 513,465,792 for, 32,131,523 against.
- Company says it will engage with stockholders to evaluate feedback on executive compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000849399-26-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEN
- cik: 0000849399
- company_name: Gen Digital Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-11T20:27:10+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000053/0000849399-26-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000084939926000053/gen-20260909.htm

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