---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-140784"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KSS"
cik: "0000885639"
company_name: "KOHLS Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T07:36:37.093249+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kohl's shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay, declare $0.50 dividend

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with average >94% votes cast; Streeter retired effective meeting close.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation received >93% support; annual frequency adopted.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share declared, payable June 21, 2023 to holders of record June 7.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2023 with >94% votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-140784
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KSS
- cik: 0000885639
- company_name: KOHLS Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312523140784/0001193125-23-140784-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312523140784/d363440d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephanie A. Streeter retired as director at KOHLS Corp.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: director
  source text: As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Kohl’s Corporation (the “Company”) dated February 17, 2023, Stephanie A. Streeter retired as a director of the Company effective as of the close of the Annual Meeting (as defined below).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312523140784/0001193125-23-140784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KOHLS Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312523140784/0001193125-23-140784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KOHLS Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Shareholder Advisory Votes on the Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Shareholder Advisory Votes on the Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312523140784/0001193125-23-140784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KOHLS Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 3, 2024 at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 4 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 3, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312523140784/0001193125-23-140784-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KOHLS Corp shareholders approved Election of the 11 individuals nominated by the Board of Directors to serve as Directors for a one-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of the 11 individuals nominated by the Board of Directors to serve as Directors for a one-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885639/000119312523140784/0001193125-23-140784-index.htm

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