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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001632790-23-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ENR"
cik: "0001632790"
company_name: "ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T05:26:48.870175+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan; all director nominees elected

## Summary
- 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan approved, authorizing up to 4.3M new shares plus shares from prior plan.
- No new awards will be granted under the 2020 Plan; existing awards remain governed by 2020 terms.
- All nine management director nominees elected with strong support; one director received 48.95M for, 10.84M against.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as fiscal 2023 auditor with 66.23M for, 0.61M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved by 58.40M for, 1.32M against, 0.26M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001632790-23-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ENR
- cik: 0001632790
- company_name: ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000012/0001632790-23-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000012/enr-20230130.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-30
  source text: Proposal 1: Management’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be held in 2024, or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Carlos Abrams-Rivera 59,384,187 412,568 183,282 6,984,332 Cynthia J. Brinkley 59,349,190 516,560 114,287 6,984,332 Rebecca D. Frankiewicz 59,503,818 359,098 117,121 6,984,332 Kevin J. Hunt 59,373,329 420,494 186,214 6,984,332 James C. Johnson 59,190,753 599,261 190,023 6,984,332 Mark S. LaVigne 59,559,649 234,154 186,234 6,984,332 Patrick J. Moore 59,447,328 345,810 186,899 6,984,332 Donal L. Mulligan 59,515,421 337,467 127,149 6,984,332 Nneka L. Rimmer 59,491,681 365,712 122,644 6,984,332 Robert V. Vitale 48,954,525 10,840,955 184,557 6,984,332
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000012/0001632790-23-000012-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-30
  source text: Proposal 3: The Company’s executive compensation, as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement, was approved by the non-binding advisory votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below: Broker For Against Abstain Non-Votes 58,400,751 1,316,954 262,332 6,984,332
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000012/0001632790-23-000012-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2023 at the 2023-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-30
  source text: Proposal 2: The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 was ratified by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below: For Against Abstain 66,233,626 609,896 120,847
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000012/0001632790-23-000012-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Approval of the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan at the 2023-01-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-30
  source text: Proposal 4 : The 2023 Plan was approved by the votes of the shareholders set forth in the table below: Broker For Against Abstain Non-Votes 56,183,959 1,964,844 1,831,234 6,984,332
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000012/0001632790-23-000012-index.htm

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