---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-24-000595"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIS"
cik: "0001744489"
company_name: "Walt Disney Co"
filed_at: "2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:01:06.557189+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Disney shareholders re-elect all 12 board nominees; reject activist slates from Trian and Blackwells

## Summary
- All 12 Disney-nominated directors elected; Nelson Peltz received ~370M votes (31% of votes cast, excluding broker non-votes).
- Shareholders approved amendment to 2011 Stock Plan, increasing authorized shares from 179M to 294M (115M new shares).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with ~79% support; PwC ratified as auditor with ~95% support.
- All five shareholder proposals (political spending, gender transition benefits, charitable contributions, termination payments, bylaw repeal) failed.
- Preliminary results subject to final certification; ~69% of outstanding shares were represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-24-000595
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIS
- cik: 0001744489
- company_name: Walt Disney Co
- filed_at: 2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000095015724000595/0000950157-24-000595-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1744489/000095015724000595/form8-k.htm

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