---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-451824"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLAC"
cik: "0000319201"
company_name: "KLA CORP"
filed_at: "2026-11-06T21:05:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-06T21:06:05.911014+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KLA declares $0.23 quarterly dividend; stockholders re-elect all nine director nominees

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-451824
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLAC
- cik: 0000319201
- company_name: KLA CORP
- filed_at: 2026-11-06T21:05:07+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312526451824/0001193125-26-451824-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000119312526451824/d76372d8k.htm

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