---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-24-006544"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSX"
cik: "0000277948"
company_name: "CSX CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:18:55.433948+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CSX shareholders elect Anne Chow to Board at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Anne Chow elected to CSX board effective May 8, 2024; appointed to Compensation and Talent Management and Finance Committees.
- All 12 director nominees elected; shareholder proposal on railroad safety committee defeated (1.36B against, 112M for).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2024 passed with 1.61B votes in favor.
- Advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation approved with 1.23B votes in favor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-24-006544
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSX
- cik: 0000277948
- company_name: CSX CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010324006544/0000950103-24-006544-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010324006544/dp211061_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-006544.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anne Chow was elected as Director at CSX CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the shareholders elected Anne Chow to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CSX, effective as of May 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010324006544/0000950103-24-006544-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CSX CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as CSX’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024, by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain 1,610,620,944 105,050,497 3,936,309
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010324006544/0000950103-24-006544-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CSX CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal requesting a railroad safety committee.
  - Outcome: failed
  source text: Shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal requesting a railroad safety committee, which received the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 112,603,722 1,361,544,175 10,398,035 235,061,818
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010324006544/0000950103-24-006544-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CSX CORP shareholders approved Election of twelve directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The following twelve persons were elected to the CSX Board of Directors: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Donna M. Alvarado 1,405,145,992 74,491,713 4,908,227 235,061,818
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010324006544/0000950103-24-006544-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CSX CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Shareholders approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of CSX’s named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 1,226,635,057 248,521,893 9,388,982 235,061,818
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000095010324006544/0000950103-24-006544-index.htm

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