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accession: "0001193125-23-139055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMN"
cik: "0000915389"
company_name: "EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T11:30:20.924840+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Eastman Chemical annual meeting re-elects all 12 directors; shareholder proposal on independent chair defeated

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with majority support; CEO Mark J. Costa received 86.9M votes for vs. 6.3M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for 2023 approved with 93.5M votes for, 9.7M against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed with 85.8M for, 7.6M against; frequency set at one year.
- Stockholder proposal for independent board chair defeated with 27.2M for, 66.4M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-139055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMN
- cik: 0000915389
- company_name: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000119312523139055/0001193125-23-139055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915389/000119312523139055/d408905d8k.htm

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