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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001601712-23-000170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYF"
cik: "0001601712"
company_name: "Synchrony Financial"
filed_at: "2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T17:19:18.618183+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Synchrony Financial stockholders elect all 10 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Ellen M. Zane received 329.9M for, 28.2M against, highest opposition.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 333.2M for (93.1% of votes cast).
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor approved: 377.1M for (99.3% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001601712-23-000170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYF
- cik: 0001601712
- company_name: Synchrony Financial
- filed_at: 2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171223000170/0001601712-23-000170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171223000170/syf-20230518.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Synchrony Financial shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: The stockholders elected all of the directors named in the proxy statement for the coming year; approved our named executives’ compensation in an advisory vote; and ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171223000170/0001601712-23-000170-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Synchrony Financial shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation 333,220,046 24,395,025 896,660 21,465,069
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171223000170/0001601712-23-000170-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Synchrony Financial shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2023 at the 2023-05-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-18
  source text: Ratification of Selection of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2023 FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 377,090,693 2,547,021 339,086 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171223000170/0001601712-23-000170-index.htm

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