---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001024478-24-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROK"
cik: "0001024478"
company_name: "ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T04:39:16.786278+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- Alice L. Jolla elected with 80,646,596 affirmative votes; Lisa A. Payne with 81,663,206.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with ~88% of votes cast (75.5M affirmative, 8.6M negative).
- Selection of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2024 ratified with 91,831,189 affirmative votes.
- About 11.6M broker nonvotes on director elections and say-on-pay, none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001024478-24-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROK
- cik: 0001024478
- company_name: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1024478/000102447824000018/0001024478-24-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000018/rok-20240209.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001024478-24-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC shareholders approved Election of two directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting in 2027 at the 2024-02-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-06
  source text: Each nominee was elected by a vote of the shareowners as follows: Affirmative Votes Votes Withheld Broker Nonvotes Alice L. Jolla 80,646,596 5,023,757 11,625,560 Lisa A. Payne 81,663,206 4,007,147 11,625,560
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000018/0001024478-24-000018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-02-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-06
  source text: The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareowners as follows: Affirmative votes 91,831,189 Negative votes 4,892,668 Abstentions 572,056
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000018/0001024478-24-000018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2024-02-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-06
  source text: The proposal was approved on an advisory basis by a vote of the shareowners as follows: Affirmative votes 75,518,822 Negative votes 8,617,453 Abstentions 1,534,078 Broker Nonvotes 11,625,560
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1024478/000102447824000018/0001024478-24-000018-index.htm

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