---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-024087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DKNG"
cik: "0001883685"
company_name: "DraftKings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:05:26.813553+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DraftKings shareholders elect all ten director nominees and ratify auditor at 2024 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected; Matthew Kalish received 4,210,804,598 votes for, highest total.
- Ratification of BDO USA, P.C. as independent auditor passed with 4,299,922,723 votes for, 3,521,310 against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 4,058,692,888 votes for, 155,288,592 against.
- Shareholder proposal on political contributions disclosure failed with 4,053,033,840 votes against, 157,872,231 for.
- Broker non-votes of 89,548,214 were recorded on director election and other proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-024087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DKNG
- cik: 0001883685
- company_name: DraftKings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000162828024024087/0001628280-24-024087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000162828024024087/dkng-20240517.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 0046345392a0176f3c8e05e96e32ea5f94367198
  claim: DraftKings Inc. shareholders approved To conduct a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 4,058,692,888 155,288,592 582,901 89,548,214
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000162828024024087/0001628280-24-024087-index.htm
- claim_id: 38913c647e5659af0de5840e3cfb89c15c42040d
  claim: DraftKings Inc. shareholders approved To elect ten directors to the Company’s board of directors at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Election of directors: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Jason D. Robins 4,140,502,639 74,061,742 89,548,214 Harry Evans Sloan 4,190,455,150 24,109,231 89,548,214 Matthew Kalish 4,210,804,598 3,759,783 89,548,214 Paul Liberman 4,210,854,993 3,709,388 89,548,214 Woodrow H. Levin 4,125,112,269 89,452,112 89,548,214 Jocelyn Moore 4,210,361,152 4,203,229 89,548,214 Ryan R. Moore 4,205,367,210 9,197,171 89,548,214 Valerie Mosley 4,146,675,323 67,889,058 89,548,214 Steven J. Murray 4,206,125,183 8,439,198 89,548,214 Marni M. Walden 4,076,095,631 138,468,750 89,548,214
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000162828024024087/0001628280-24-024087-index.htm
- claim_id: 725d40a86df586e105b3b3b89612e1254367c5ef
  claim: DraftKings Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, P.C.: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 4,299,922,723 3,521,310 668,562 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000162828024024087/0001628280-24-024087-index.htm
- claim_id: 79564be23512dd6a8ebbbda23f2c818ef2df39a5
  claim: DraftKings Inc. shareholders rejected To consider a shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of certain political contributions at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of certain political contributions: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 157,872,231 4,053,033,840 3,658,310 89,548,214
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883685/000162828024024087/0001628280-24-024087-index.htm

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