---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001637459-24-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KHC"
cik: "0001637459"
company_name: "Kraft Heinz Co"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T10:29:23.599762+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kraft Heinz annual meeting: all 11 directors elected, shareholder proposals defeated

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected, including Carlos Abrams-Rivera and Humberto P. Alfonso.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 95% of votes cast in favor.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2024 approved.
- Three shareholder proposals on recyclability, group-housed pork, and GHG goals each defeated by >75% votes against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001637459-24-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KHC
- cik: 0001637459
- company_name: Kraft Heinz Co
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/0001637459-24-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/khc-20240502.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Kraft Heinz Co shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Stockholders approved the selection o f PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2024 as follows: Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes 982,051,683 42,412,014 1,252,019 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/0001637459-24-000096-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kraft Heinz Co shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Recyclability Claims at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding a report on recyclability claims as follows: Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes 187,678,530 723,411,842 8,205,121 106,420,223
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/0001637459-24-000096-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kraft Heinz Co shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Group-Housed Pork at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding a report on group-housed pork as follows: Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes 193,890,462 716,659,084 8,745,947 106,420,223
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/0001637459-24-000096-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kraft Heinz Co shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Regarding a Report on Greenhouse Gas Goals at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas goals as follows: Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes 8,987,829 903,905,340 6,402,324 106,420,223
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/0001637459-24-000096-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kraft Heinz Co shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as follows: Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes 874,642,016 40,146,424 4,507,053 106,420,223
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/0001637459-24-000096-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Kraft Heinz Co shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-02
  source text: Stockholders elected each of the 11 nominees to serve as a director of the Company for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows: Director Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstain Broker Non-Votes Carlos Abrams-Rivera 905,867,180 12,339,462 1,088,851 106,420,223
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637459/000163745924000096/0001637459-24-000096-index.htm

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