---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001224608-24-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNO"
cik: "0001224608"
company_name: "CNO Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:59:23.598327+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNO Financial shareholders elect all 8 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, auditor, and rights plan

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected; David B. Foss received 81.1M for (lowest support) vs 16.4M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 91.2M for, 5.9M against.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for 2024 passed with 96.5M for, 4.3M against.
- Adoption of Amended and Restated Section 382 Shareholder Rights Plan approved with 88.1M for, 9.5M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001224608-24-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNO
- cik: 0001224608
- company_name: CNO Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000043/0001224608-24-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000043/cno-20240509.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-24-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-24-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001224608-24-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CNO Financial Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratify appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 3: The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000043/0001224608-24-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CNO Financial Group, Inc. shareholders approved Approve adoption of Amended and Restated Section 382 Shareholder Rights Plan at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 4: The proposal to approve the adoption of the Amended and Restated Section 382 Shareholder Rights Plan was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000043/0001224608-24-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CNO Financial Group, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2: The proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000043/0001224608-24-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CNO Financial Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of eight nominees to serve as directors for a one-year term at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 1: The eight nominees to serve as directors of the Company were elected, each for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1224608/000122460824000043/0001224608-24-000043-index.htm

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