---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-23-002172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RL"
cik: "0001037038"
company_name: "RALPH LAUREN CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T00:18:23.884449+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# All director nominees elected; advisory votes on pay and frequency approved at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine Class A and nine Class B director nominees elected with substantial votes; Class B candidates received all 248.8M votes.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor passed with 284.8M votes for, 1.3M against, 35.6K abstentions.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 278.1M for, 5.4M against, 45.9K abstentions; non-votes 2.5M.
- Advisory frequency of future say-on-pay votes set at 1 year with 283.4M votes.
- Company intends to continue annual advisory votes on executive compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-23-002172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RL
- cik: 0001037038
- company_name: RALPH LAUREN CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014223002172/0000950142-23-002172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014223002172/eh230389309_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RALPH LAUREN CORP shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation. at the 2023-08-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-03
  source text: 4. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation. 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Non-Votes 283,394,684 11,225 210,339 16,066 2,493,362
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014223002172/0000950142-23-002172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RALPH LAUREN CORP shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and the Company’s compensation philosophy, policies and practices. at the 2023-08-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-03
  source text: 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and the Company’s compensation philosophy, policies and practices. Number of Votes For Number of Votes Against Abstentions Non-Votes 278,146,514 5,439,881 45,919 2,493,362
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014223002172/0000950142-23-002172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RALPH LAUREN CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-08-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-03
  source text: (b) The stockholders (i) elected all of the Company’s nominees for director to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (ii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 30, 2024; (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and the Company’s compensation philosophy, policies and practices; and (iv) approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014223002172/0000950142-23-002172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RALPH LAUREN CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 1, 2023. at the 2023-08-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-03
  source text: 2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 1, 2023. Number of Votes For Number of Votes Against Abstentions 284,767,359 1,322,730 35,587
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037038/000095014223002172/0000950142-23-002172-index.htm

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