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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001032208-23-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SRE"
cik: "0001032208"
company_name: "SEMPRA"
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:04:05.206132+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sempra shareholders approve name change, share increase; bylaws updated for universal proxy

## Summary
- Bylaws amended to comply with SEC Rule 14a-19, requiring 67% solicitation threshold for director elections.
- All nine director nominees elected; Alan L. Boeckmann and Maria Contreras-Sweet retired from board.
- Shareholders approved increase in authorized common stock, legal name change to Sempra, and technical charter amendments.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (82.22% for); board set frequency to every 1 year.
- Shareholder proposal for independent board chairman rejected (32.39% for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001032208-23-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SRE
- cik: 0001032208
- company_name: SEMPRA
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032208/000103220823000034/0001032208-23-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032208/000103220823000034/sempra-20230512.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001032208-23-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  SEMPRA: Amended Articles of Incorporation to increase authorized shares, change legal name, and make technical and administrative changes.
  - Change: charter amendment
  source text: The Certificate of Amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation incorporating the amendments approved by shareholders in Proposals 5, 6 and 7 is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032208/000103220823000034/0001032208-23-000034-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  SEMPRA: Amended and restated Bylaws to address universal proxy rules, enhance director nomination procedures, clarify officer roles, and make other changes (effective 2023-05-12).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-12
  source text: On May 12, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sempra (the “Company”) approved and adopted amended and restated Bylaws of the Company (as so amended and restated, the “Bylaws”), which became effective on such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032208/000103220823000034/0001032208-23-000034-index.htm

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