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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-068253"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ELAN"
cik: "0001739104"
company_name: "Elanco Animal Health Inc"
filed_at: "2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:34:34.437414+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Elanco shareholders approve board declassification, majority voting, and special meeting rights

## Summary
- Board declassified, majority vote standard adopted for uncontested director elections.
- Shareholders granted right to amend bylaws and request special meetings under certain conditions.
- Kathy Turner reappointed to 2025 class, Lawrence Kurzius to 2026 class to rebalance board terms.
- All four director nominees elected with votes ranging from 337M to 373M for.
- Auditor Ernst & Young ratified (454M for, 1.6M against); say-on-pay approved (409M for, 31M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-068253
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ELAN
- cik: 0001739104
- company_name: Elanco Animal Health Inc
- filed_at: 2024-06-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739104/000110465924068253/0001104659-24-068253-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739104/000110465924068253/tm2416286d1_8k.htm

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