---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001601046-22-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KEYS"
cik: "0001601046"
company_name: "Keysight Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:00:02.020433+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Keysight annual meeting: declassification amendment fails; all directors elected

## Summary
- Director nominees elected: each received >132M votes (James Cullen, Michelle Holthaus, Jean Nye, Joanne Olsen).
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for FY2022 with 159.6M for votes.
- Say-on-pay proposal approved with 126.4M for votes (non-binding).
- Board declassification amendment failed: 79% of shares outstanding voted in favor, below required 80%; board remains classified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001601046-22-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KEYS
- cik: 0001601046
- company_name: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104622000015/0001601046-22-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104622000015/keys-20220317.htm

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