---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-254999"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRS"
cik: "0000017843"
company_name: "CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T00:52:30.439525+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carpenter Technology stockholder meeting: all four proposals pass

## Summary
- Directors Karol, McLane, Pritchett, Thene elected with over 38M votes each.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as FY 2024 auditor: 43.1M for, 1.3M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal approved: 41.8M for, 0.6M against.
- Stockholders choose one-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (38.3M votes).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-254999
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRS
- cik: 0000017843
- company_name: CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-12T23:59:59+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/17843/000119312523254999/0001193125-23-254999-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000119312523254999/d567836d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP shareholders approved Approval of Once Every One, Two or Three Years as the Frequency of Stockholder Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation, in an Advisory Vote at the 2023-10-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-10
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved once every one year as the frequency of stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation, in an advisory vote: Votes For 1 Year Votes For 2 Years Votes For 3 Years Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 38,337,367 34,851 4,063,010 192,665 1,885,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000119312523254999/0001193125-23-254999-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP shareholders approved Election of Four Directors at the 2023-10-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-10
  source text: The following nominees were elected to the Board of Directors for a term expiring in 2026: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Steven E. Karol 38,606,036 4,021,857 1,885,794 Charles D. McLane, Jr. 41,105,527 1,522,366 1,885,794 Colleen S. Pritchett 40,347,285 2,280,608 1,885,794 Tony R. Thene 41,300,936 1,326,957 1,885,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000119312523254999/0001193125-23-254999-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP shareholders approved Approval of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, in an Advisory Vote at the 2023-10-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-10
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, in an advisory vote: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 41,789,938 584,875 253,080 1,885,794
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000119312523254999/0001193125-23-254999-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-10-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-10
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 43,056,411 1,270,051 187,225
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17843/000119312523254999/0001193125-23-254999-index.htm

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