---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001113169-23-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TROW"
cik: "0001113169"
company_name: "PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:09:15.493640+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# T. Rowe Price annual meeting elects all 11 directors, approves ESPP increase, say-on-pay frequency set at 1 year

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with over 142M shares For each (broker non-votes ~28.4M).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with ~134.7M For vs 22.9M Against.
- Restated 1986 ESPP approved (3M share pool increase) with ~153.1M For, 4.9M Against.
- Stockholders selected 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (154.3M For 1 year).
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for 2023 passed with ~180.5M For, 6.1M Against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001113169-23-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TROW
- cik: 0001113169
- company_name: PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1113169/000111316923000016/0001113169-23-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000016/trow-20230509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC shareholders approved Approval of the Restated 1986 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Which Includes the Increase by 3 Million Shares of the Share Pool Available for Purchase by Employees at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: Proposal 3 - Approval of the Restated 1986 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Which Includes the Increase by 3 Million Shares of the Share Pool Available for Purchase by Employees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 153,132,810 4,865,817 599,107 28,409,973
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000016/0001113169-23-000016-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Glenn R. August 154,935,990 3,456,864 204,880 28,409,973 Mark S. Bartlett 142,983,114 15,404,596 210,024 28,409,973 Dina Dublon 155,761,980 2,670,174 165,580 28,409,973 Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III 146,268,666 12,155,653 173,415 28,409,973 Robert F. MacLellan 151,187,319 7,040,596 369,819 28,409,973 Eileen P. Rominger 155,849,825 2,579,851 168,058 28,409,973 Robert W. Sharps 156,693,126 1,583,608 321,000 28,409,973 Robert J. Stevens 151,787,417 6,590,359 219,958 28,409,973 William J. Stromberg 154,819,536 3,598,744 179,454 28,409,973 Sandra S. Wijnberg 143,519,735 14,905,997 172,002 28,409,973 Alan D. Wilson 152,836,271 5,562,139 199,324 28,409,973
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000016/0001113169-23-000016-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Compensation Paid to Our Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on the Compensation Paid to Our Named Executive Officers For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 134,691,776 22,881,131 1,024,827 28,409,973
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000016/0001113169-23-000016-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Selection of Frequency for Voting on Compensation Paid to Our Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: Proposal 4 - Advisory Vote on the Selection of Frequency for Voting on Compensation Paid to Our Named Executive Officers For 1 Year For 2 Years For 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Vote 154,273,171 1,256,470 2,139,704 928,389 28,409,973
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000016/0001113169-23-000016-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-09
  source text: Proposal 5 - Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 180,457,849 6,123,287 426,571 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1113169/000111316923000016/0001113169-23-000016-index.htm

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