---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-007617"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SONO"
cik: "0001314727"
company_name: "Sonos Inc"
filed_at: "2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T04:16:28.982038+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sonos confirms no exposure to failed Silicon Valley Bank; annual meeting results routine

## Summary
- No cash deposits, securities, or business relationship with SVB, closed by California regulator on March 10, 2023.
- Annual meeting held March 9, 2023: all three Class II directors elected; PwC ratified as auditor.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 89.3M for, 3.2M against, and 11.5M broker non-votes.
- Director vote percentages: Conrad 97.5%, Genachowski 73.0%, Volpi 73.6% (excluding broker non-votes).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-007617
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SONO
- cik: 0001314727
- company_name: Sonos Inc
- filed_at: 2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000095017023007617/0000950170-23-007617-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000095017023007617/sono-20230309.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-007617.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Sonos Inc shareholders approved Election of three Class II directors at the 2023-03-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-09
  source text: Proposal One — Election of Directors The Company’s stockholders approved the election of three Class II directors to the Company’s Board of Directors for three year terms or until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, by the following votes: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Thomas Conrad 90,599,046 2,279,576 11,549,835 Julius Genachowski 67,826,924 25,051,698 11,549,835 Michelangelo Volpi 68,383,667 24,494,955 11,549,835
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000095017023007617/0000950170-23-007617-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Sonos Inc shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-03-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-09
  source text: Proposal Three — Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2023 by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 89,323,976 3,195,411 359,235 11,549,835
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000095017023007617/0000950170-23-007617-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Sonos Inc shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-03-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-09
  source text: Proposal Two — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 103,446,564 580,050 401,843 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314727/000095017023007617/0000950170-23-007617-index.htm

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