---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-008084"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKYW"
cik: "0000793733"
company_name: "SKYWEST INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T23:42:00.710090+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SkyWest shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected; James L. Welch received 6.86M against votes, highest opposition.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 38.2M for, 0.6M against.
- Advisory vote on frequency: shareholders favored every year (35.9M), company will hold annual say-on-pay.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023 approved with 42.6M for vs 0.6M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-008084
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKYW
- cik: 0000793733
- company_name: SKYWEST INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+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/793733/000155837023008084/0001558370-23-008084-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793733/000155837023008084/skyw-20230502x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SKYWEST INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: The following persons were elected to serve as directors of the Company, each to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793733/000155837023008084/0001558370-23-008084-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SKYWEST INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, to hold future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year, based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793733/000155837023008084/0001558370-23-008084-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SKYWEST INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793733/000155837023008084/0001558370-23-008084-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SKYWEST INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-02
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based upon the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793733/000155837023008084/0001558370-23-008084-index.htm

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