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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001555280-26-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZTS"
cik: "0001555280"
company_name: "Zoetis Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-21T23:35:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T10:08:33.707149+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zoetis director Louise Parent retires; annual meeting approves all management proposals

## Summary
- Director Louise M. Parent retired effective May 20, 2026 under company retirement policy.
- All 12 director nominees elected with votes for ranging from 330M to 356M.
- Say-on-pay approved with 306.3M for vs 51.6M against (85.8% support).
- Shareholders voted 353.4M for holding say-on-pay every year.
- Shareholder proposal to permit written consent failed: 167.3M for, 190.2M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001555280-26-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZTS
- cik: 0001555280
- company_name: Zoetis Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T23:35:48+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528026000029/0001555280-26-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528026000029/zts-20260520.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001555280-26-000029.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1f252ca5b3
  claim: Louise M. Parent retired as Director at Zoetis Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Effective May 20, 2026, Ms. Louise M. Parent retired from the Board of Directors of Zoetis Inc. (the “Company”), prior to the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in accordance with the Company’s director retirement policy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1555280/000155528026000029/0001555280-26-000029-index.htm

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