---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001137789-23-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STX"
cik: "0001137789"
company_name: "Seagate Technology Holdings plc"
filed_at: "2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:52:21.025126+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seagate shareholders elect all 11 directors and approve say-on-pay at 2023 AGM

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with strong majority support (e.g., Bruggeworth 125M for, Cannon 138M for).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 155.5M for vs 6.4M against.
- Advisory frequency set to one year, receiving ~159.8M votes.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024: 172.3M for, 15.1M against.
- Proposal to determine treasury share re-allotment price range approved: 175.1M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001137789-23-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STX
- cik: 0001137789
- company_name: Seagate Technology Holdings plc
- filed_at: 2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137789/000113778923000098/0001137789-23-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137789/000113778923000098/stx-20231023.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Seagate Technology Holdings plc shareholders approved Advisory resolution to approve executive compensation at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Proposal 2. The advisory resolution to approve, in a non-binding vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 155,532,584 6,425,664 365,208 25,424,242
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137789/000113778923000098/0001137789-23-000098-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Seagate Technology Holdings plc shareholders approved Advisory resolution on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Proposal 3 . The option of “One Year” received the highest number of votes in the advisory resolution to approve, in a non-binding vote, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. ONE YEAR TWO YEARS THREE YEARS ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 159,773,988 215,907 2,076,365 257,196 25,424,242
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137789/000113778923000098/0001137789-23-000098-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Seagate Technology Holdings plc shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Proposal 1. The eleven (11) directors listed below were elected at the AGM to hold office until the Company’s 2024 annual general meeting: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Shankar Arumugavelu 161,519,186 597,026 207,244 25,424,242 Pratik (“Prat”) S. Bhatt 161,536,179 576,280 210,997 25,424,242 Robert A. Bruggeworth 124,842,916 37,273,276 207,264 25,424,242 Judy Bruner 147,614,738 14,507,454 201,264 25,424,242 Michael R. Cannon 138,426,619 23,677,479 219,358 25,424,242 Richard L. Clemmer 152,032,189 10,083,206 208,061 25,424,242 Yolanda L. Conyers 161,470,946 617,989 234,521 25,424,242 Jay L. Geldmacher 143,637,905 18,480,689 204,862 24,424,242 Dylan G. Haggart 161,522,814 601,498 199,144 25,424,242 William D. Mosley 161,510,559 598,782 214,115 25,424,242 Stephanie Tilenius 161,556,270 568,066 199,120 25,424,242
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137789/000113778923000098/0001137789-23-000098-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Seagate Technology Holdings plc shareholders approved Determine price range for re-allotment of treasury shares at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Proposal 5 . The proposal to determine the price range at which the Company can re-allot shares held as treasury shares was approved. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 175,066,798 11,970,256 710,644
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137789/000113778923000098/0001137789-23-000098-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Seagate Technology Holdings plc shareholders approved Ratify appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors and authorize setting auditors' remuneration at the 2023-10-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-23
  source text: Proposal 4 . The proposal to ratify, in a non-binding vote, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the fiscal year ending June 28, 2024, and to authorize, in a binding vote, the Audit and Finance Committee to set the auditors’ remuneration was approved. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 172,277,655 15,067,030 403,013
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1137789/000113778923000098/0001137789-23-000098-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.
