---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-148261"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "H"
cik: "0001468174"
company_name: "Hyatt Hotels Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T21:09:22.055830+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyatt shareholders elect all director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with over 99.4% 'for' votes; broker non-votes of 3.8M shares.
- Deloitte ratified as auditor (99.8% for); advisory say-on-pay approved (99.7% for).
- Advisory vote on frequency: ~99.9% favored annual; board adopts annual vote until next frequency vote.
- Shareholders approved LTIP and ESPP ratification under Section 204 (99.8% for).
- Granted 2023-2025 PSUs to NEOs: target awards: Hoplamazian 44,758, Bottarini 8,593, Floyd 8,951, Vondrasek 6,266; max 200%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-148261
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: H
- cik: 0001468174
- company_name: Hyatt Hotels Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+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, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312523148261/0001193125-23-148261-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312523148261/d307456d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyatt Hotels Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s compensation disclosure rules by the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312523148261/0001193125-23-148261-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyatt Hotels Corp shareholders approved Ratification and approval of Fourth Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan and Second Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified and approved, pursuant to Section 204 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, the prior adoption and approval of the Fourth Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Long-Term Inventive Plan and the Second Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan by the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312523148261/0001193125-23-148261-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyatt Hotels Corp shareholders approved Election of Class III, Class I, and Class II directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following Class III directors to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified by the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312523148261/0001193125-23-148261-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyatt Hotels Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Company’s stockholders determined, on an advisory basis, to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every year by the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312523148261/0001193125-23-148261-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hyatt Hotels Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 by the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468174/000119312523148261/0001193125-23-148261-index.htm

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