---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001091667-24-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHTR"
cik: "0001091667"
company_name: "CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:13:03.065065+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Charter shareholders approve 7M share plan increase, officer exculpation, reject lobbying proposals

## Summary
- Approved amendment to 2019 Stock Incentive Plan adding 7.0 million shares for issuance.
- Approved certificate of incorporation amendment for officer exculpation under Delaware law.
- All 13 director nominees elected; KPMG LLP ratified as auditor for FY2024.
- Two shareholder proposals on lobbying and political expenditures rejected with >75% against.
- Votes on directors ranged from 119M to 148M for; two directors (Maffei, Conn) received >16M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001091667-24-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHTR
- cik: 0001091667
- company_name: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166724000087/0001091667-24-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166724000087/chtr-20240423.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/: Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation regarding officer exculpation, approved by stockholders and effective upon filing with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 23, 2024 (effective 2024-04-23).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-04-23
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, as further described in Item 5.07 below, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation regarding officer exculpation, which became effective upon the Company’s filing of the Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 23, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166724000087/0001091667-24-000087-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/ shareholders approved Approval of amendment to the 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to increase shares available by 7.0 million shares at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, as further described in Item 5.07 below, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan Amendment”) to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the plan by 7.0 million shares.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166724000087/0001091667-24-000087-index.htm

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