---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-026782"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAB"
cik: "0000943452"
company_name: "WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T14:09:34.602436+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WAB shareholders elect three directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Directors elected: Harty 139.3M for, Hehir 135.9M for, Babcock 148.9M for; all three-year terms expiring 2027.
- Advisory vote on 2023 executive compensation approved: 145.3M for, 6.6M against, 138.7K abstentions.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 approved: 151.5M for, 8.4M against, 115.5K abstentions.
- Meeting held May 16, 2024; all management proposals carried.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-026782
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAB
- cik: 0000943452
- company_name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036124026782/0001140361-24-026782-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036124026782/ef20029502_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 4954a3270989ccd9e0fe6d7cbb391135858ef60d
  claim: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP shareholders approved Election of three directors for a three-year term expiring in 2027 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 1. The election of three directors for a three-year term expiring in 2027: For Against Abstained Broker Non- Votes Linda A. Harty 139,291,706 12,663,786 138,031 7,908,496 Brian P. Hehir 135,903,336 16,065,824 124,363 7,908,496 Beverley A. Babcock 148,899,319 3,088,128 106,076 7,908,496
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036124026782/0001140361-24-026782-index.htm
- claim_id: 6f23ec77cdfdd984a9ea96e559f2ebaee85db8d7
  claim: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) resolution relating to 2023 named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 2. The approval of an advisory (non-binding) resolution relating to 2023 named executive officer compensation. For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 145,314,939 6,639,909 138,675 7,908,496
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036124026782/0001140361-24-026782-index.htm
- claim_id: fbb86fd6a0e693f345c06e5ed321db3fdec6786d
  claim: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024. For Against Abstained 151,508,538 8,377,954 115,527
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/943452/000114036124026782/0001140361-24-026782-index.htm

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