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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-067592"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCL"
cik: "0000884887"
company_name: "ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD"
filed_at: "2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:44:23.764448+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Royal Caribbean shareholders approve all four proposals at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 14 director nominees elected; each received majority of votes cast.
- Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation passed with 180.99M for vs 4.92M against.
- Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay: one-year interval adopted, receiving 184.03M votes.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY 2023 approved with 210.97M for vs 4.70M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-067592
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCL
- cik: 0000884887
- company_name: ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD
- filed_at: 2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465923067592/0001104659-23-067592-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465923067592/tm2317677d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Shareholder Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting and as voted by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting, the Company has adopted a policy to hold an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation every year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465923067592/0001104659-23-067592-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD shareholders approved Ratification of the Auditors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified, having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465923067592/0001104659-23-067592-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Company's Compensation of Its Named Executive Officers at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: The compensation of our named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis, having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465923067592/0001104659-23-067592-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, held June 1, 2023, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following four proposals and cast their votes as described below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465923067592/0001104659-23-067592-index.htm

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