---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-020709"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PZZA"
cik: "0000901491"
company_name: "PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T22:43:57.940809+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Papa John's shareholders elect all 8 director nominees, ratify EY, approve exec comp

## Summary
- 8 directors elected with majority support; lowest was Coleman with 27.5M for vs 2.2M against.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for 2024 with 31.1M for, 40k against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved 29.5M for, 153k against.
- Shareholder proposal on pork housing disclosure rejected 8.9M for, 20.5M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-020709
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PZZA
- cik: 0000901491
- company_name: PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/901491/000162828024020709/0001628280-24-020709-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024020709/pzza-20240502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-020709
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-020709.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-020709.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Regarding Pork Housing Disclosure at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The resolution presented by the Humane Society of the United States was not approved by the stockholders of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024020709/0001628280-24-020709-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Company’s Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The stockholders of the Company approved a resolution on advisory approval of executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024020709/0001628280-24-020709-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The stockholders of the Company elected each of the director nominees proposed by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024020709/0001628280-24-020709-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Auditors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/901491/000162828024020709/0001628280-24-020709-index.htm

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