---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-140581"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLS"
cik: "0000030625"
company_name: "FLOWSERVE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:53:17.789628+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flowserve shareholders approve 2024 ESPP, re-elect all directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan authorizing 4,000,000 shares of common stock.
- All 11 director nominees elected with strong support; advisory vote on exec compensation passed (94.5% for).
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for 2024 passed with 96.6% of votes cast.
- Shareholder proposal requesting report on political spending defeated (26.2% for, 73.8% against).
- ESPP allows payroll deductions of 1%-50% of compensation, company match of 15%, annual cap $25,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-140581
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLS
- cik: 0000030625
- company_name: FLOWSERVE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000119312524140581/0001193125-24-140581-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000119312524140581/d688556d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FLOWSERVE CORP shareholders approved Approval of Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-16
  source text: The proposal for approval of the Company’s 2024 ESPP was approved pursuant to the following votes: Votes FOR: 114,707,050 Votes AGAINST: 153,187 Votes ABSTAINED: 53,132 Broker Non-Votes: 5,421,268
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000119312524140581/0001193125-24-140581-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FLOWSERVE CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal – Requesting Report on the Company’s Political Spending and Policies and Procedures Regarding Political Spending at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-16
  source text: The shareholder proposal requesting a report on the Company’s political spending and policies and procedures regarding political spending, did not pass, pursuant to the following votes: Votes FOR: 29,359,359 Votes AGAINST: 82,483,066 Votes ABSTAINED: 3,070,944 Broker Non-Votes: 5,421,268
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000119312524140581/0001193125-24-140581-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FLOWSERVE CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-16
  source text: The proposal for approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved pursuant to the following votes: Votes FOR: 108,269,975 Votes AGAINST: 6,123,206 Votes ABSTAINED: 520,188 Broker Non-Votes: 5,421,268
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000119312524140581/0001193125-24-140581-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FLOWSERVE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-16
  source text: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was ratified pursuant to the following votes: Votes FOR: 116,241,908 Votes AGAINST: 4,003,711 Votes ABSTAINED: 89,018 Broker Non-Votes: N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000119312524140581/0001193125-24-140581-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FLOWSERVE CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-16
  source text: The director nominees listed below were duly elected at the 2024 Annual Meeting for annual terms expiring in 2025 pursuant to the following votes: Nominee For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes R. Scott Rowe 114,369,226 453,406 90,737 5,421,268
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30625/000119312524140581/0001193125-24-140581-index.htm

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