---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024478-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:23:36.583895+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockwell Automation shareholders elect four directors, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- Four directors elected: Gipson, Murphy, Parfet, Soderbery; each received >75M affirmative votes.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with ~86% of votes cast (75.8M affirmative).
- Shareholders selected 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (86.0M votes for 1 year).
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 93.9M affirmative votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024478-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447823000026/0001024478-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447823000026/rok-20230210.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024478-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC shareholders approved Election of four directors: William P. Gipson, Pam Murphy, Donald R. Parfet, Robert W. Soderbery at the 2023-02-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-07
  source text: i. voted to elect four directors of the Company for a term expiring at the annual meeting in 2026. Each nominee was elected by a vote of the shareowners as follows: Affirmative Votes Votes Withheld Broker Nonvotes William P. Gipson 75,676,594 11,867,643 10,998,494 Pam Murphy 85,531,826 2,012,411 10,998,494 Donald R. Parfet 78,363,869 9,180,368 10,998,494 Robert W. Soderbery 82,864,103 4,680,134 10,998,494
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447823000026/0001024478-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes at the 2023-02-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-07
  source text: iii. voted on a proposal to approve on an advisory basis the frequency of the shareowner vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. The proposal was approved on an advisory basis by a of the shareowners as follows: 1 year 86,004,352 2 years 142,323 3 years 1,148,342 Abstentions 249,220
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447823000026/0001024478-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-02-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-07
  source text: ii. voted on a proposal to approve on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as set forth in the Company's proxy statement for the February 7, 2023, annual meeting with the approval of approximately 86% of the votes cast. The proposal was approved on an advisory basis by a vote of the shareowners as follows: Affirmative votes 75,769,108 Negative votes 11,389,894 Abstentions 385,235 Broker Nonvotes 10,998,494
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447823000026/0001024478-23-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor at the 2023-02-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-07
  source text: iv. voted on a proposal to approve the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors of the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareowners as follows: Affirmative votes 93,892,937 Negative votes 4,124,275 Abstentions 525,519
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447823000026/0001024478-23-000026-index.htm

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