--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001601046-24-000019" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "KEYS" cik: "0001601046" company_name: "Keysight Technologies, Inc." filed_at: "2024-03-26T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-04T07:52:39.611844+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.3 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Keysight shareholders approve all proposals, including charter amendment to remove supermajority vote ## Summary - All four director nominees elected with 111-133M votes for; each received >55% of shares voted. - PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for FY2024 with 154.5M for vs 2.3M against. - Advisory say-on-pay for FY2023 approved: 128.9M for, 12.1M against. - Amendment to eliminate supermajority voting requirement passed: 140.8M for (81% of outstanding, above 80% threshold). - Equity plan, ESPP amendments, and non-binding simple majority proposal also approved. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001601046-24-000019 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: KEYS - cik: 0001601046 - company_name: Keysight Technologies, Inc. - filed_at: 2024-03-26T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.3 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/keys-20240321.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601046-24-000019 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601046-24-000019.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601046-24-000019.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Keysight Technologies, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024. at the 2024-03-21 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-03-21 source text: The proposal to ratify the Audit and Finance Committee’s appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Uncast 154,499,789 2,271,198 185,824 0 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Keysight Technologies, Inc. shareholders approved Election of the Directors nominated by the Board of Directors. at the 2024-03-21 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-03-21 source text: Votes regarding the election of the director nominees were as follows: Broker Nominee For Against Abstain Non-Votes Uncast Charles J. Dockendorff 111,501,675 29,089,895 777,174 15,888,067 0 Ronald S. Nersesian 133,505,492 7,703,166 160,086 15,888,067 0 Robert A. Rango 126,672,917 13,921,254 774,554 15,888,067 19 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Keysight Technologies, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2023. at the 2024-03-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-03-21 source text: The proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2023 received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Uncast 128,927,226 12,101,048 340,470 15,888,067 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Keysight Technologies, Inc. shareholders approved Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a stockholder proposal to adopt a simple majority voting standard under Keysight’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. at the 2024-03-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-03-21 source text: The advisory vote on the stockholder proposal to adopt a simple majority voting requirement received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Uncast 96,232,013 44,828,056 308,614 15,888,067 61 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Keysight Technologies, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the amendment and restatement of the Keysight Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. at the 2024-03-21 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-03-21 source text: The proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Keysight Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Uncast 138,817,777 2,397,881 153,086 15,888,067 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Keysight Technologies, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority voting requirement. at the 2024-03-21 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-03-21 source text: The proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority voting requirement (the “Amendment Proposal”) received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Uncast 140,845,299 376,754 146,691 15,888,067 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Keysight Technologies, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the amendment and restatement of the Keysight Technologies, Inc. 2014 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan. at the 2024-03-21 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-03-21 source text: The proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Keysight Technologies, Inc. 2014 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Uncast 131,537,849 9,634,429 196,466 15,888,067 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601046/000160104624000019/0001601046-24-000019-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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