---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001103982-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDLZ"
cik: "0001103982"
company_name: "Mondelez International, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:20:45.990453+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mondelez shareholders elect all 9 directors, approve say-on-pay, reject 3 proposals

## Summary
- Directors elected with 67-87% support; Dirk Van de Put received lowest 'for' votes (93.0%).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 89.3% voted 'for' (953.9M shares).
- Frequency vote: 93.7% favored annual say-on-pay votes.
- Shareholder proposals (independent chair, cage-free egg benchmarks, child labor targets) all voted down.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for FY2023 with 95.1% support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001103982-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDLZ
- cik: 0001103982
- company_name: Mondelez International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/mdlz-20230517.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Mondelez International, Inc. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal to require an independent chair of the board at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 5. Our shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal to require an independent chair of the board, based on the following voting results: For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes 263,075,305 772,403,592 35,312,710 124,941,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Mondelez International, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 2. Our shareholders approved on an advisory basis our named executive officer compensation, based on the following voting results: For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes 953,946,419 92,984,258 23,860,930 124,941,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Mondelez International, Inc. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal to publish annual benchmarks for achieving our 2025 cage-free egg goal at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 6. Our shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal to publish annual benchmarks for achieving our 2025 cage-free egg goal, based on the following voting results: For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes 93,693,815 951,852,731 25,245,061 124,941,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Mondelez International, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 1. Our shareholders elected 9 directors to each serve a one-year term until our 2024 annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor has been duly chosen and qualified, based on the following voting results: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes a. Lewis W.K. Booth 1,047,958,744 19,103,526 3,729,337 124,941,082 b. Charles E. Bunch 943,634,959 123,447,765 3,708,883 124,941,082 c. Ertharin Cousin 1,045,710,571 21,485,884 3,595,152 124,941,082 d. Jorge S. Mesquita 1,048,952,538 18,235,991 3,603,078 124,941,082 e. Anindita Mukherjee 1,058,303,880 8,923,007 3,564,720 124,941,082 f. Jane Hamilton Nielsen 1,061,623,769 5,724,190 3,443,648 124,941,082 g. Patrick T. Siewert 1,030,746,340 36,342,699 3,702,568 124,941,082 h. Michael A. Todman 1,038,501,696 28,526,318 3,763,593 124,941,082 i. Dirk Van de Put 995,737,014 67,028,101 8,026,492 124,941,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Mondelez International, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future executive compensation votes at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 3. Our shareholders recommended on an advisory basis that we conduct future executive compensation votes every year, based on the following voting results: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non- Votes 1,047,513,916 1,302,290 18,051,283 3,924,118 124,941,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Mondelez International, Inc. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal to adopt public targets to eradicate child labor in cocoa supply chain at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 7. Our shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal to adopt public targets to eradicate child labor in cocoa supply chain , based on the following voting results: For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes 208,295,609 838,871,369 23,624,629 124,941,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Mondelez International, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of independent auditors at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 4. Our shareholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2023, based on the following voting results: For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes 1,137,824,452 54,375,970 3,532,267 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103982/000110398223000025/0001103982-23-000025-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.
