---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-028948"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWI"
cik: "0000007431"
company_name: "ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:00:46.386584+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Armstrong shareholders elect all 8 directors, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected; Richard Holder received 36.2M for votes, 5.3M withheld.
- KPMG ratified as 2023 independent auditor with 40.9M for, 1.5M against, 30.7K abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 40.3M for, 1.1M against, 32.1K abstain.
- Shareholders voted for annual advisory vote frequency: 40.4M for 1-year, 116.5K for 2-year.
- Board appointed committee chairs: Loughran (Audit), Templin (Finance), Shurts (Compensation), Holder (Nominating).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-028948
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWI
- cik: 0000007431
- company_name: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7431/000095017023028948/0000950170-23-028948-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7431/000095017023028948/awi-20230620.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Frequency Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 40,421,275 116,498 914,134 31,779
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7431/000095017023028948/0000950170-23-028948-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 40,348,733 1,102,854 32,099 1,038,486
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7431/000095017023028948/0000950170-23-028948-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Victor D. Grizzle 41,187,425 298,253 1,038,486
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7431/000095017023028948/0000950170-23-028948-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 40,948,721 1,542,779 30,672 --
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/7431/000095017023028948/0000950170-23-028948-index.htm

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