---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-057254"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADEA"
cik: "0001803696"
company_name: "Adeia Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T06:42:51.477145+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Adeia shareholders approve director slate, say-on-pay, equity plan, and auditor ratification

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected with >98% for votes; Paul Davis received 99.4%, Tonia O'Connor 98.2%.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 97.6% of votes cast in favor (87,963,294 for, 2,161,737 against).
- Amended 2020 Equity Incentive Plan approved with 93.9% for (84,679,727 for, 5,455,767 against).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2024 passed with 97.8% for (96,763,550 for, 2,216,319 against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-057254
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADEA
- cik: 0001803696
- company_name: Adeia Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803696/000095017024057254/0000950170-24-057254-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803696/000095017024057254/adea-20240509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Adeia Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 87,963,294 2,161,737 68,327 8,821,729
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803696/000095017024057254/0000950170-24-057254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Adeia Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 4 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: For Against Abstain 96,763,550 2,216,319 35,218
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803696/000095017024057254/0000950170-24-057254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Adeia Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors: Name of Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Paul E. Davis 89,650,058 503,497 39,803 8,821,729
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803696/000095017024057254/0000950170-24-057254-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Adeia Inc. shareholders approved Approval of an Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 3 – Approval of an Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 84,679,727 5,455,767 57,864 8,821,729
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803696/000095017024057254/0000950170-24-057254-index.htm

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