---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950159-23-000152"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CI"
cik: "0001739940"
company_name: "Cigna Group"
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T09:11:51.907122+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cigna shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay and charter amendment at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; David M. Cordani received 235M votes for, 15.5M against.
- Say-on-pay approved with 221.4M votes for (29.7M against).
- Annual frequency for say-on-pay votes adopted with 247.5M votes for one year.
- Charter amendment limiting officer liability approved with 222.9M votes for (28.4M against).
- Shareholder proposal on special meetings failed: 117.4M for, 133.6M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950159-23-000152
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CI
- cik: 0001739940
- company_name: Cigna Group
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/0000950159-23-000152-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/cigna8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Cigna Group shareholders approved Advisory approval of The Cigna Group's executive compensation at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory approval of The Cigna Group’s executive compensation. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 221,436,565 29,691,242 611,774 18,315,429
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/0000950159-23-000152-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cigna Group shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal – Special shareholder meeting improvement at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal 6: Shareholder Proposal – Special shareholder meeting improvement. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 117,434,728 133,649,193 655,660 18,315,429
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/0000950159-23-000152-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cigna Group shareholders approved Election of eleven director nominees named in the 2023 Proxy Statement for one-year terms at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal 1: Shareholders elected the eleven director nominees named in the 2023 Proxy Statement for one-year terms to expire at the next annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/0000950159-23-000152-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cigna Group shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted pursuant to recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal 5: Approval of an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted pursuant to recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 222,860,732 28,396,757 482,092 18,315,429
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/0000950159-23-000152-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cigna Group shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as The Cigna Group's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal 4: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as The Cigna Group’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 252,867,500 16,905,824 281,686
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/0000950159-23-000152-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cigna Group shareholders approved Advisory approval of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-26
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory approval of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions 247,538,876 179,056 3,654,770 366,879
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739940/000095015923000152/0000950159-23-000152-index.htm

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