---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-022362"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETN"
cik: "0001551182"
company_name: "Eaton Corp plc"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:27:47.719393+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton shareholders approve all proposals at 2024 AGM, including director elections and say-on-pay

## Summary
- Nine director nominees elected, with Craig Arnold receiving 299M for, 23M against.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor with 338.5M for, 21.6M against.
- Say-on-pay approved with 296.7M for, 25.1M against.
- Board authorized to issue shares (349.2M for) and opt-out of pre-emption rights (335.6M for).
- Authorization granted for overseas market share purchases (351.8M for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-022362
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETN
- cik: 0001551182
- company_name: Eaton Corp plc
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+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/1551182/000114036124022362/0001140361-24-022362-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036124022362/ef20027848_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022362
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022362.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022362.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Eaton Corp plc shareholders approved Grant of Board authority to issue shares under Irish law at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Item 4 – Grant of Board authority to issue shares under Irish law.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036124022362/0001140361-24-022362-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Eaton Corp plc shareholders approved Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2024 and authorizing the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set its remuneration at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Item 2 – Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2024 and authorizing the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set its remuneration.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036124022362/0001140361-24-022362-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Eaton Corp plc shareholders approved Election of the nine director nominees named in the proxy statement at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Each of the following individuals was elected as a director, based on the voting results shown below, to serve until the 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036124022362/0001140361-24-022362-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Eaton Corp plc shareholders approved Grant of Board authority to opt-out of pre-emption rights under Irish law at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Item 5 - Grant of Board authority to opt-out of pre-emption rights under Irish law.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036124022362/0001140361-24-022362-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Eaton Corp plc shareholders approved Authorization to the Company and/or any subsidiary of the Company to make overseas market purchases of Company shares at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: For Against Abstain 351,765,272 7,308,622 1,828,162 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036124022362/0001140361-24-022362-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Eaton Corp plc shareholders approved Advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation (Say on Pay Vote) at the 2024-04-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-24
  source text: Item 3 – Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation (“Say on Pay Vote”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1551182/000114036124022362/0001140361-24-022362-index.htm

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