---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-052618"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "TSLA"
cik: "0001318605"
company_name: "Tesla, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T02:04:14.279687+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tesla to hold annual say-on-pay votes after stockholders favor one-year frequency

## Summary
- Stockholders voted 1,053,432,376 shares (majority of votes cast) for one-year frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation.
- Tesla intends to include a stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials every year until the next frequency vote.
- 801,283,053 shares voted for three-year frequency; 6,787,189 for two years; 31,564,310 abstained; 526,990,497 broker non-votes.
- Decision is consistent with the non-binding stockholder vote at the May 16, 2023 Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-052618
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: TSLA
- cik: 0001318605
- company_name: Tesla, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017023052618/0000950170-23-052618-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017023052618/tsla-20230516.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-052618
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-052618.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-052618.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Tesla, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes regarding executive compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 1,053,432,376 shares voted for one year, 6,787,189 shares voted for two years, 801,283,053 shares voted for three years, 31,564,360 shares abstained and there were 526,990,497 broker non-votes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017023052618/0000950170-23-052618-index.htm

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