---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-036111"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PNW"
cik: "0000764622"
company_name: "PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-18T23:50:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T10:06:26.624598+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect 10 directors, approve say-on-pay, and ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with votes ranging from 99.5M to 101.1M in favor.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 98.8M for, 2.8M against, and 0.3M abstentions.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2026 approved with 107.5M for, 2.8M against, 0.2M abstentions.
- Broker non-votes of 8.7M on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-036111
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PNW
- cik: 0000764622
- company_name: PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T23:50:45+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764622/000162828026036111/0001628280-26-036111-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764622/000162828026036111/pnw-20260514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-036111.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The shareholders approved an advisory vote on executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764622/000162828026036111/0001628280-26-036111-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent accountant at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent accountant for the year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764622/000162828026036111/0001628280-26-036111-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The shareholders elected the ten directors nominated for one-year terms that will expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764622/000162828026036111/0001628280-26-036111-index.htm

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