---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001097149-23-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALGN"
cik: "0001097149"
company_name: "ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:45:14.142036+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ALGN stockholders approve incentive plan amendment and exculpation; say-on-pay passes with 84% support

## Summary
- Elected 8 directors; Joseph Lacob received 54.9M for, 9.99M against (~15% against).
- Approved amendment to Certificate of Incorporation for officer exculpation (56.2M for, 8.6M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 53.4M for, 10.4M against (84% support).
- Approved 2005 Incentive Plan amendment; maximum shares authorized unchanged at 32,168,895.
- Ratified PwC as auditor for fiscal 2023 (62.4M for, 6.2M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001097149-23-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALGN
- cik: 0001097149
- company_name: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/0001097149-23-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/algn-20230517.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001097149-23-000049
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001097149-23-000049.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Proposal to conduct an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 3 Proposal to conduct an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/0001097149-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Proposal to approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 2 Proposal to approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/0001097149-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Proposal to approve an amendment to our Incentive Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 5 Proposal to approve an amendment to our Incentive Plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/0001097149-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Proposal to hold an advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company's named executive officers’ compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 4 Proposal to hold an advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on the Company's named executive officers’ compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/0001097149-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-12-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-31
  source text: Proposal 6 Proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/0001097149-23-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Election of 8 directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1 Proposal to elect the 8 directors named below to serve as directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000049/0001097149-23-000049-index.htm

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