---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-058471"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLCE"
cik: "0001041859"
company_name: "Childrens Place, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T05:41:44.807469+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Children's Place shareholders elect all 11 directors, including new board members McDonald and Shaffer

## Summary
- Wes McDonald (former Kohl's CFO) and Michael Shaffer (former PVH COO/CFO) elected to board; both to serve on Audit Committee.
- Committee chairs named: Bachman (Audit), Reiner (Compensation), Frascotti (Governance).
- Ratified Ernst & Young as auditor for fiscal 2023; Say-on-Pay and 1-year frequency approved on advisory basis.
- All 9 incumbent directors re-elected; broker non-votes of 918,404 on director elections.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-058471
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLCE
- cik: 0001041859
- company_name: Childrens Place, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465923058471/0001104659-23-058471-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465923058471/tm2315262d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Childrens Place, Inc. shareholders approved the approval, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of the frequency of the Company’s advisory, non-binding vote on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers described in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Every Year Every 2 Years Every 3 Years Abstentions Frequency of Say on Pay Vote 9,372,927 2,973 212,480 28,022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465923058471/0001104659-23-058471-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Childrens Place, Inc. shareholders approved the election of each of the Company’s eleven nominees for Director for a one-year term expiring in 2024.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Election of Directors John E. Bachman 9,443,498 119,295 53,609 918,404 Marla Beck 9,445,534 116,253 54,615 918,404 Elizabeth J. Boland 9,451,261 110,521 54,620 918,404 Jane Elfers 9,451,458 108,729 56,215 918,404 John A. Frascotti 9,148,084 413,678 54,640 918,404 Tracey R. Griffin 9,436,846 124,941 54,615 918,404 Katherine Kountze 9,455,816 106,211 54,375 918,404 Norman Matthews 9,324,890 237,897 53,615 918,404 Wesley S. McDonald 9,490,468 50,764 75,170 918,404 Debby Reiner 9,436,280 125,004 55,118 918,404 Michael Shaffer 9,490,657 60,674 65,071 918,404
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465923058471/0001104659-23-058471-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Childrens Place, Inc. shareholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending February 3, 2024.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Ratification of the Appointment Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 10,476,253 3,317 55,236 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465923058471/0001104659-23-058471-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Childrens Place, Inc. shareholders approved the approval, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Compensation Paid to Named Executive Officers (“Say-on-Pay”) 8,720,196 588,050 308,156 918,404
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041859/000110465923058471/0001104659-23-058471-index.htm

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