---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-23-001250"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLX"
cik: "0000021076"
company_name: "CLOROX CO /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T01:34:46.458818+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clorox CEO Linda Rendle to become Board Chair; Shattock to Lead Independent Director

## Summary
- CEO Linda Rendle elected Board Chair effective Jan. 1, 2024; Matthew Shattock becomes Lead Independent Director.
- Shattock, chair since 2021, retains duties including board agendas, independent director meetings, and CEO evaluations.
- Rendle is a 20-year Clorox veteran who led Cleaning, International, Strategy & Operations prior to CEO role.
- Board cites Rendle's leadership through pandemic, cyberattack, and digital transformation as confidence in her.
- Rendle also serves on the boards of Visa Inc. and the Consumer Brands Association.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-23-001250
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLX
- cik: 0000021076
- company_name: CLOROX CO /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001250/0001206774-23-001250-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001250/clx4266651-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-23-001250
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-23-001250.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CLOROX CO /DE/ shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2024 at the 2023-11-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-15
  source text: Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2024. Number of Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 100,088,352 4,036,422 261,703 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001250/0001206774-23-001250-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CLOROX CO /DE/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-11-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-15
  source text: The shareholders (1) elected all of the Company's nominees for director;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001250/0001206774-23-001250-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CLOROX CO /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Approval of Named Executive Officers Compensation at the 2023-11-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-15
  source text: Advisory Vote on the Approval of Named Executive Officers Compensation: Number of Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 80,442,142 5,304,739 521,616 18,117,979
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001250/0001206774-23-001250-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CLOROX CO /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-11-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-11-15
  source text: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve Executive Compensation: Number of Votes One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 84,325,421 189,088 1,408,855 345,134 18,117,979
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21076/000120677423001250/0001206774-23-001250-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.