---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024305-23-000103"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COTY"
cik: "0001024305"
company_name: "COTY INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T08:30:39.332755+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coty annual meeting results: all 11 directors elected, say-on-pay passes, auditor ratified

## Summary
- Quorum of 88.05% (776.4M votes present); each director elected with >540M for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 529.9M for, 181.9M against.
- Ratification of Deloitte as auditor for FY2023 passed with 760.1M for.
- Shareholder proposal on plastic packaging reduction rejected: 88.97M for, 621.7M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024305-23-000103
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COTY
- cik: 0001024305
- company_name: COTY INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430523000103/0001024305-23-000103-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430523000103/coty-20231102.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COTY INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal regarding a report on plastic packaging reduction at the 2023-11-02 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-02
  source text: 4. Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding a report on plastic packaging reduction The stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding a report on plastic packaging reduction: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 88,968,582 621,740,258 1,816,469 63,834,480.00
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430523000103/0001024305-23-000103-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COTY INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-11-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-02
  source text: 1. Election of Directors The following directors were elected to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”): Director For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Beatrice Ballini 549,804,624 162,720,685 63,834,480 Joachim Creus 648,968,474 63,556,835 63,834,480 Olivier Goudet 629,720,191 82,805,118 63,834,480 Peter Harf 645,173,660 67,351,649 63,834,480 Johannes Huth 649,454,012 63,071,297 63,834,480 Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala Larregui 546,147,775 166,377,534 63,834,480 Anna Makanju 591,079,106 121,446,203 63,834,480 Sue Y. Nabi 651,905,155 60,620,154 63,834,480 Isabelle Parize 653,057,257 59,468,052 63,834,480 Lubomira Rochet 708,672,902 3,852,407 63,834,480 Robert Singer 648,753,218 63,772,091 63,834,480
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430523000103/0001024305-23-000103-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COTY INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-11-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-02
  source text: 3. Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 760,130,543 15,590,006 639,240 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430523000103/0001024305-23-000103-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COTY INC. shareholders approved Approval of Advisory Resolution on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-11-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-02
  source text: 2. Approval of Advisory Resolution on Named Executive Officer Compensation The stockholders approved the advisory resolution on Named Executive Officer compensation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 529,900,139 181,871,184 753,986 63,834,480
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024305/000102430523000103/0001024305-23-000103-index.htm

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