---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001336920-24-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LDOS"
cik: "0001336920"
company_name: "Leidos Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:26:30.364305+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leidos shareholders elect directors, approve pay, ratify auditor, reject special meeting proposal

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected: votes for ranged from 97,783,790 (Shapard) to 105,208,523 (Norton).
- Executive compensation approved with 100,842,733 votes for (88.3%) and 4,365,354 against.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor approved: 108,913,803 for (95.8%), 4,738,768 against.
- Shareholder proposal for special meeting improvement rejected: 26,398,569 for (25.1%), 78,599,578 against.
- Board plans to seek approval at 2025 annual meeting of Certificate of Incorporation amendments for special meetings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001336920-24-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LDOS
- cik: 0001336920
- company_name: Leidos Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692024000029/0001336920-24-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692024000029/ldos-20240426.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Leidos Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: The proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement was approved based upon the following votes: Votes for approval 100,842,733 Votes against 4,365,354 Abstentions 589,156 Broker non-votes 8,166,497
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692024000029/0001336920-24-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Leidos Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 3, 2025, was approved based upon the following votes: Votes for approval 108,913,803 Votes against 4,738,768 Abstentions 311,169 Broker non-votes N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692024000029/0001336920-24-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Leidos Holdings, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal regarding a special shareholder meeting improvement at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: The stockholder proposal regarding a special shareholder meeting improvement was not approved based upon the following votes: Votes for approval 26,398,569 Votes against 78,599,578 Abstentions 799,096 Broker non-votes 8,166,497
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692024000029/0001336920-24-000029-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Leidos Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved Election of twelve nominees to the Board of Directors for a one-year term at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: The nominees for election to the Company's Board of Directors set forth in Item 1 to the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2024 ("Proxy Statement"), were elected, each for a one-year term, based upon the following votes: Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Thomas A. Bell 104,747,673 788,806 260,764 8,166,497 Gregory R. Dahlberg 101,169,552 4,244,103 383,588 8,166,497 David G. Fubini 100,465,435 5,011,834 319,974 8,166,497 Noel B. Geer 101,765,258 3,737,294 294,691 8,166,497 Robert C. Kovarik, Jr. 104,418,320 1,073,255 305,668 8,166,497 Harry M. J. Kraemer, Jr. 100,286,996 5,208,573 301,674 8,166,497 Gary S. May 104,844,119 668,164 284,960 8,166,497 Surya N. Mohapatra 104,703,365 771,866 322,012 8,166,497 Nancy A. Norton 105,208,523 334,188 254,532 8,166,497 Patrick M. Shanahan 99,403,373 6,081,176 312,695 8,166,497 Robert S. Shapard 97,783,790 7,710,762 302,691 8,166,497 Susan M. Stalnecker 104,886,504 653,233 257
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1336920/000133692024000029/0001336920-24-000029-index.htm

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