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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437107-23-000082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WBD"
cik: "0001437107"
company_name: "Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T06:09:30.312323+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Warner Bros. Discovery holds 2023 annual meeting; say-on-pay approved with 49% opposition

## Summary
- All four Class I director nominees elected: Haslett Chen, Lowe, Price, Zaslav.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for FY2023 (97% for).
- Say-on-pay approved: 795M for, 770M against (49% opposed); board adopts annual frequency.
- Stockholder proposal for simple majority vote rejected (889M against vs 676M for).
- Bylaws amended to comply with SEC universal proxy rules; advance notice window extended to 120-90 days.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437107-23-000082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WBD
- cik: 0001437107
- company_name: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710723000082/0001437107-23-000082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710723000082/disca-20230508.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.: Amended Bylaws to modernize and comply with universal proxy rules, updating nomination deadlines to 120/90 days and requiring non-white proxy cards for soliciting stockholders (effective 2023-05-09).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-09
  source text: On May 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), which became effective immediately upon adoption.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000143710723000082/0001437107-23-000082-index.htm

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