---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-268519"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WBD"
cik: "0001437107"
company_name: "Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-12T12:01:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T12:05:23.180143+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WBD say-on-pay vote fails with 1.3B shares against; all directors re-elected

## Summary
- Say-on-pay: 244.5M votes for, 1.31B against (and 7.2M abstentions); 342.9M broker non-votes.
- All 13 director nominees re-elected; Paul A. Gould received 811M withheld votes, highest of any nominee.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved with 1.87B votes for, 33M against, 5.1M abstentions.
- Stockholder sustainability ROI report proposal defeated: 39.5M for, 1.51B against, 18.3M abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-268519
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WBD
- cik: 0001437107
- company_name: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-12T12:01:36+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000119312526268519/0001193125-26-268519-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000119312526268519/d123211d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. shareholders approved Election of 13 director nominees at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Proposal One. Stockholders elected each of the Company’s thirteen director nominees, each to serve a one-year term, as set forth below: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr. 1,536,842,131 28,463,257 342,897,211 Richard W. Fisher 1,073,827,553 491,477,835 342,897,211 Paul A. Gould 754,224,397 811,080,991 342,897,211 Debra L. Lee 1,067,092,275 498,213,113 342,897,211 Joseph M. Levin 1,217,910,456 347,394,932 342,897,211 Anton J. Levy 1,512,759,638 52,545,750 342,897,211 Kenneth W. Lowe 1,077,138,785 488,166,603 342,897,211 Fazal F. Merchant 1,512,330,631 52,974,757 342,897,211 Anthony J. Noto 927,428,241 637,877,147 342,897,211 Paula A. Price 1,544,535,771 20,769,617 342,897,211 Daniel E. Sanchez 1,549,182,143 16,123,245 342,897,211 Geoffrey Y. Yang 1,078,306,250 486,999,138 342,897,211 David M. Zaslav 1,511,550,945 53,754,443 342,897,211
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000119312526268519/0001193125-26-268519-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Proposal Two. Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 1,870,175,809 32,975,069 5,051,721
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000119312526268519/0001193125-26-268519-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal: Sustainability ROI Report at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Proposal Four. Stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal entitled “Sustainability ROI Report”, as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 39,541,649 1,507,486,654 18,277,085 342,897,211
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000119312526268519/0001193125-26-268519-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. shareholders rejected Advisory vote on 2025 named executive officer compensation at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Proposal Three. Stockholders did not approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the 2025 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, commonly referred to as a “Say-on-Pay” vote, as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 244,543,743 1,313,562,677 7,198,968 342,897,211
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000119312526268519/0001193125-26-268519-index.htm

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