---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-23-007379"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TSLA"
cik: "0001318605"
company_name: "Tesla, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:02:59.467242+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tesla shareholders re-elect Elon Musk and approve executive compensation at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Elon Musk re-elected as Class I director with 1.8B votes for vs 86M against; Robyn Denholm and JB Straubel also re-elected.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 1.71B for, 172M against, 6.8M abstentions.
- Frequency of future compensation votes set at 1 year with 1.05B votes; 801M voted for 3 years.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved with 2.39B for, 26.4M against.
- Two stockholder proposals on key-person risk and child labor reporting both rejected (each received <110M for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-23-007379
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TSLA
- cik: 0001318605
- company_name: Tesla, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/0001564590-23-007379-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/tsla-8k_20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Tesla, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 4 was a management proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. This proposal was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/0001564590-23-007379-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Tesla, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 2 was a management proposal to approve executive compensation on a non-binding advisory basis. This proposal was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/0001564590-23-007379-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Tesla, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 1 The individuals listed below were elected as Class I directors at the Annual Meeting to serve on Tesla’s Board of Directors (“ Board ”) for a term of three years or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/0001564590-23-007379-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Tesla, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal regarding reporting on child labor and forced labor at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 6 was a stockholder proposal raised from the floor regarding reporting on child labor and forced labor. This proposal was not approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/0001564590-23-007379-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Tesla, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future executive compensation votes at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 3 was a management proposal to approve the frequency of future votes on executive compensation on a non-binding advisory basis. “1 Year” was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/0001564590-23-007379-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Tesla, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal regarding reporting on key-person risk at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Proposal 5 was a non-binding advisory stockholder proposal regarding reporting on key-person risk. This proposal was not approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459023007379/0001564590-23-007379-index.htm

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