---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-25-000340"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLW"
cik: "0000024741"
company_name: "CORNING INC /NY"
filed_at: "2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T19:35:56.151975+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corning board loses three long-serving directors; nine others elected

## Summary
- Deborah A. Henretta (11 yrs), Deborah D. Rieman (25 yrs), Mark S. Wrighton (16 yrs) retired from board after May 1 annual meeting.
- Shareholders elected nine directors with average support of ~95% of votes cast; Wendell P. Weeks received 616.5M for, 30.5M against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed with 555.7M for (85.4% of votes cast); 92.1M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2025 approved with 709.6M for (95.5% of votes cast).
- Quorum of 86.75% (743.3M shares) represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-25-000340
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLW
- cik: 0000024741
- company_name: CORNING INC /NY
- filed_at: 2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677425000340/0001206774-25-000340-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677425000340/glw4477641-8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deborah D. Rieman retired as Director at CORNING INC /NY.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 1, 2025, Deborah A. Henretta, retired Group President of Global E-Business, Procter & Gamble; Deborah D. Rieman, retired Executive Chairman, Metamarkets Group; and Mark S. Wrighton, Professor and Chancellor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, retired from the Corning Incorporated (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) after the May 1, 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and after 11, 25, and 16 years of service, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677425000340/0001206774-25-000340-index.htm
- Executive change
  Deborah A. Henretta retired as Director at CORNING INC /NY.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 1, 2025, Deborah A. Henretta, retired Group President of Global E-Business, Procter & Gamble; Deborah D. Rieman, retired Executive Chairman, Metamarkets Group; and Mark S. Wrighton, Professor and Chancellor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, retired from the Corning Incorporated (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) after the May 1, 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and after 11, 25, and 16 years of service, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677425000340/0001206774-25-000340-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark S. Wrighton retired as Director at CORNING INC /NY.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 1, 2025, Deborah A. Henretta, retired Group President of Global E-Business, Procter & Gamble; Deborah D. Rieman, retired Executive Chairman, Metamarkets Group; and Mark S. Wrighton, Professor and Chancellor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, retired from the Corning Incorporated (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) after the May 1, 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and after 11, 25, and 16 years of service, respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677425000340/0001206774-25-000340-index.htm

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