---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001413329-23-000151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PM"
cik: "0001413329"
company_name: "Philip Morris International Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T08:43:28.007530+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PM shareholders elect all 12 directors, approve say-on-pay, reject nicotine reduction proposal

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; Kalpana Morparia received lowest support at 87.1% of votes cast.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 73.7% of votes cast in favor.
- Shareholders selected 1-year frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation.
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor approved with 99.1% of votes cast.
- Shareholder proposal to reduce nicotine levels defeated with 96.8% of votes cast against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001413329-23-000151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PM
- cik: 0001413329
- company_name: Philip Morris International Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332923000151/0001413329-23-000151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332923000151/pm-20230503.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001413329-23-000151.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Philip Morris International Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote Approving Executive Compensation. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: The proposal was approved on an advisory basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332923000151/0001413329-23-000151-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Philip Morris International Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers SA as Independent Auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Proposal 4: Ratification of the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers SA as Independent Auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332923000151/0001413329-23-000151-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Philip Morris International Inc. shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal to Make Nicotine Level Information Available to Customers and Begin Reducing Nicotine Levels. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Brant Bonin Bough 1,082,778,740 6,141,074 1,908,983 165,295,668 André Calantzopoulos 1,069,214,994 20,184,764 1,429,039 165,295,668 Michel Combes 1,083,320,345 5,697,543 1,810,909 165,295,668 Juan José Daboub 1,056,177,179 32,889,438 1,762,180 165,295,668 Werner Geissler 1,059,790,224 29,036,004 2,002,569 165,295,668 Lisa A.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332923000151/0001413329-23-000151-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Philip Morris International Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors of the Company. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: All director nominees were duly elected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332923000151/0001413329-23-000151-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Philip Morris International Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers. at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: On an advisory basis, shareholders approved holding an advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers every 1 year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413329/000141332923000151/0001413329-23-000151-index.htm

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