---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-270369"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLAC"
cik: "0000319201"
company_name: "KLA CORP"
filed_at: "2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T22:48:46.948181+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KLA declares $1.45/sh quarterly dividend, approves new equity plan

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $1.45 per share declared, payable Dec 1, 2023 to holders of record Nov 15, 2023.
- Stockholders approved 2023 Incentive Award Plan with 3.25M new shares plus rollover from prior plan.
- Kiran Patel's term ended; Board size reduced from 11 to 10 effective Nov 2, 2023.
- All 10 director nominees elected; PwC ratified as auditor; say-on-pay and one-year frequency approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-270369
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLAC
- cik: 0000319201
- company_name: KLA CORP
- filed_at: 2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312523270369/0001193125-23-270369-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312523270369/d529224d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KLA CORP shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Proposal Two : The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312523270369/0001193125-23-270369-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KLA CORP shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Proposal Four : The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the recommended frequency of one year for future stockholder votes to approve the Company’s named executive officer compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312523270369/0001193125-23-270369-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KLA CORP shareholders approved Approval of KLA Corporation 2023 Incentive Award Plan at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Proposal Five : The stockholders approved the 2023 Incentive Award Plan, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312523270369/0001193125-23-270369-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KLA CORP shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Proposal Three : The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312523270369/0001193125-23-270369-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KLA CORP shareholders approved Election of ten directors nominated by the Board at the 2023-11-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-01
  source text: Proposal One : At the 2023 Annual Meeting, the stockholders elected the ten candidates nominated by the Board of Directors to serve as directors for one-year terms, each until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312523270369/0001193125-23-270369-index.htm

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