---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001585689-24-000114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLT"
cik: "0001585689"
company_name: "Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T15:45:26.162217+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hilton stockholders reelect all director nominees, ratify EY, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected, each receiving >93% of votes cast; broker non-votes of 7.8M shares.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024 approved with ~98% support (229.5M for, 5.6M against).
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with ~92% support (209.3M for, 18.0M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001585689-24-000114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLT
- cik: 0001585689
- company_name: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1585689/000158568924000114/0001585689-24-000114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568924000114/hlt-20240515.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-24-000114
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-24-000114.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-24-000114.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: d26033042f80381489a489eaaef93a15b1b0778a
  claim: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 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 2024. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 229,454,453 5,611,154 67,759 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568924000114/0001585689-24-000114-index.htm
- claim_id: f0deeb4b3e882c9fe542c339434f6b1269f9cdb4
  claim: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Non-Binding Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 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. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 209,266,573 18,020,429 83,664 7,762,700
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568924000114/0001585689-24-000114-index.htm
- claim_id: ff9959f54f238d7dcce29812046fa14ff175865a
  claim: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected the persons listed below as directors for a one-year term expiring in 2025 or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Christopher J. Nassetta 226,715,929 585,300 69,437 7,762,700
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568924000114/0001585689-24-000114-index.htm

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