---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001585364-23-000061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRGO"
cik: "0001585364"
company_name: "PERRIGO Co plc"
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T06:23:15.804525+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Perrigo AGM: directors elected, say-on-pay passes with 33% dissent

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Erica L. Mann received 16,336,273 votes against (~14%).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 77,848,010 for, 38,080,510 against (33% opposition).
- Say-on-pay frequency set at 1 year with 107,429,468 votes for that option.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023 approved: 122,552,222 for, 697,972 against.
- Shareholder-approved creation of distributable reserves and renewal of board authority to issue shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001585364-23-000061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRGO
- cik: 0001585364
- company_name: PERRIGO Co plc
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/prgo-20230504.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PERRIGO Co plc shareholders approved Renew the Board's authority to opt-out of statutory pre-emption rights under Irish law at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 6. Renew the Board's authority to opt-out of statutory pre-emption rights under Irish law: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 121,035,864 2,210,786 55,084 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PERRIGO Co plc shareholders approved Renew the Board's authority to issue shares under Irish law at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 5. Renew the Board's authority to issue shares under Irish law: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 120,249,204 2,891,528 161,002 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PERRIGO Co plc shareholders approved Approve the creation of distributable reserves by reducing some or all of the Company's share premium at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 7. Approve the creation of distributable reserves by reducing some or all of the Company's share premium: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 122,771,535 302,287 227,912 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PERRIGO Co plc shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 4. Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation: 1 year 2 year 3 year Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 107,429,468 127,451 8,267,824 207,075 7,269,915
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PERRIGO Co plc shareholders approved Election of directors to hold office until the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 1. Election of directors to hold office until the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Bradley A. Alford 111,592,058 4,373,193 66,567 7,269,915 Orlando D. Ashford 109,492,962 6,476,921 61,935 7,269,915 Katherine C. Doyle 114,732,070 1,190,202 109,546 7,269,915 Adriana Karaboutis 106,885,766 9,083,652 62,400 7,269,915 Murray S. Kessler 114,747,882 1,240,742 43,194 7,269,915 Jeffrey B. Kindler 111,077,497 4,872,272 82,049 7,269,915 Erica L. Mann 99,627,449 16,336,273 68,096 7,269,915 Albert A. Manzone 112,661,583 3,234,202 136,033 7,269,915 Donal O'Connor 114,159,014 1,801,001 71,803 7,269,915 Geoffrey M. Parker 109,562,945 6,406,620 62,253 7,269,915
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PERRIGO Co plc shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 3. Advisory vote on executive compensation: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 77,848,010 38,080,510 103,298 7,269,915
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PERRIGO Co plc shareholders approved Ratify, in a non-binding advisory vote, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2023, and authorize, in a binding vote, the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to fix the remuneration of the auditor at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 2. Ratify, in a non-binding advisory vote, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2023, and authorize, in a binding vote, the Board of Directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to fix the remuneration of the auditor: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 122,552,222 697,972 51,540 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585364/000158536423000061/0001585364-23-000061-index.htm

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