---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-025707"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:35:45.033983+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wabtec stockholders approve all four proposals at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Elected three directors: Rafael Santana (146.9M for), Lee C. Banks (139.9M for), Byron S. Foster (141.9M for); each to three-year term.
- Advisory vote on 2022 named executive officer compensation approved with 139.0M for vs. 10.2M against.
- Advisory frequency vote favored one year (146.7M votes); Board will hold future say-on-pay annually.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2023 approved with 151.3M for vs. 5.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-025707
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036123025707/0001140361-23-025707-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036123025707/brhc20053250_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP shareholders approved Election of three directors for a three-year term expiring in 2026 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: 1. The election of three directors for a three-year term expiring in 2026: Name of Director For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes Rafael Santana 146,959,585 2,402,086 89,736 7,891,569 Lee C. Banks 139,943,584 9,329,293 178,530 7,891,569 Byron S. Foster 141,915,728 7,356,883 178,796 7,891,569
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036123025707/0001140361-23-025707-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP shareholders approved Approval of an advisory (non-binding) resolution relating to 2022 named executive officer compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: 2. The approval of an advisory (non-binding) resolution relating to 2022 named executive officer compensation. For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 139,010,279 10,225,318 215,810 7,891,569
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036123025707/0001140361-23-025707-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: 4. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 151,306,061 5,901,392 135,523 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036123025707/0001140361-23-025707-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP shareholders approved Approval of an advisory (non-binding) vote on how often the Company should conduct a stockholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: 3. The approval of an advisory (non-binding) vote on how often the Company should conduct a stockholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstained 146,739,148 81,954 2,535,655
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036123025707/0001140361-23-025707-index.htm

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