---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-035043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COR"
cik: "0001140859"
company_name: "Cencora, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T16:37:37.178503+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cencora shareholders approve officer exculpation, all 11 directors elected at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Item 4 (officer exculpation amendment) approved: 156M for, 19.4M against, 9M broker non-votes.
- All 11 director nominees elected with large majorities; Steven Collis received most against votes (7.1M).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay) approved: 164.3M for, 10.9M against.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY2024: 170.7M for, 13.9M against.
- Shareholder proposal on director voting standard not presented; would have lost 1.3M for vs 173.6M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-035043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COR
- cik: 0001140859
- company_name: Cencora, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/0001104659-24-035043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/tm248865d2_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Cencora, Inc.: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation to permit officer exculpation and effect miscellaneous clarifications (effective 2024-03-14).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-03-14
  source text: The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 14, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/0001104659-24-035043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cencora, Inc. shareholders approved Item 4 – Approval of an Amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to Provide for the Exculpation of Officers as Permitted by Delaware Law at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved this item.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/0001104659-24-035043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cencora, Inc. shareholders approved Item 5 – Approval of Miscellaneous Amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved this item.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/0001104659-24-035043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cencora, Inc. shareholders approved Item 2 - Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved this item.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/0001104659-24-035043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cencora, Inc. shareholders approved Item 3 - Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024 at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved this item.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/0001104659-24-035043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cencora, Inc. shareholders approved Item 1 - Election of Directors at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: Each of the individuals listed below was elected by the Company’s shareholders to serve as a director until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465924035043/0001104659-24-035043-index.htm

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