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accession: "0001193125-22-066169"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAPL"
cik: "0000320193"
company_name: "Apple Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:44:05.293663+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Apple shareholders approve 2022 Employee Stock Plan; civil rights audit, concealment clauses reports also approved

## Summary
- 2022 Plan authorizes up to 1.27B shares for equity awards; replaces 2014 Plan grant authority.
- All 9 director nominees elected (including Tim Cook); Ernst & Young ratified as auditor.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 6.2B for, 3.4B against.
- Shareholder proposals for civil rights audit and report on concealment clauses passed; others rejected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-066169
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAPL
- cik: 0000320193
- company_name: Apple Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000119312522066169/0001193125-22-066169-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000119312522066169/d294699d8k.htm

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