---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001585689-23-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLT"
cik: "0001585689"
company_name: "Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:14:03.205370+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hilton shareholders elect all 9 director nominees, ratify EY, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Jonathan D. Gray received 15.3M against votes (6.4% of votes cast), highest dissent among the nine directors elected.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for 2023 with 239.8M for (97.3% approval).
- Non-binding say-on-pay passed with 213.4M for (89.7% of votes cast) vs 24.4M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001585689-23-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLT
- cik: 0001585689
- company_name: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568923000115/0001585689-23-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568923000115/hlt-20230518.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-23-000115.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Non-Binding Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Proposal No. 3 – Non-Binding Vote on Executive Compensation The Company’s stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568923000115/0001585689-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568923000115/0001585689-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: On May 18, 2023, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568923000115/0001585689-23-000115-index.htm

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