---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001535929-23-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VOYA"
cik: "0001535929"
company_name: "Voya Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T12:55:10.278898+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Voya Financial annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved, auditor ratified.

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; David Zwiener received highest against vote at ~2.46M.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: ~51.5M for, ~33.5M against, ~1.4M abstain.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2023: ~85.9M for, ~3.7M against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 3,262,310 on each proposal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001535929-23-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VOYA
- cik: 0001535929
- company_name: Voya Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592923000043/0001535929-23-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592923000043/voya-20230525.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Voya Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Item 3 – Our stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592923000043/0001535929-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Voya Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation paid to named executive officers at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Item 2 – Our stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592923000043/0001535929-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Voya Financial, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Item 1 – Election of Directors: Our stockholders elected the following twelve directors to each serve a one-year term expiring at our annual meeting in 2024 . Each director will hold office until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until the director’s earlier resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1535929/000153592923000043/0001535929-23-000043-index.htm

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