dividend
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.30
KLA declares $0.23 quarterly dividend; stockholders re-elect all nine director nominees
KLA CORP
- Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share, payable Dec. 1, 2026 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 16, 2026.
- All nine nominees elected at the Nov. 4, 2026 annual meeting: Calderoni, Embree, Hanley, Kennedy, McMullen, Peng, Samath, Taylor and Wallace.
- Robert Calderoni drew the largest opposition: 87.2M votes against vs. under 7.3M against any other nominee; 87.5M broker non-votes.
- Jason Conley did not stand for re-election; his board term ended Nov. 4, 2026, leaving a nine-member board.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for fiscal 2027 (1.079B for, 80.0M against); say-on-pay passed 992.4M to 76.8M; 89.33% of shares voted.