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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001645590-23-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HPE"
cik: "0001645590"
company_name: "Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co"
filed_at: "2023-04-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T05:10:58.884686+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HPE shareholders approve 18M share increase for 2021 Stock Incentive Plan

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Amendment No. 2 to the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, adding 18 million shares for issuance.
- Vote results: 909,873,041 for, 77,277,095 against, 2,250,501 abstentions, 148,602,988 broker non-votes.
- All 12 director nominees elected; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY2023.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 886,310,755 for (89.9% of votes cast).
- Stockholder proposal on lobbying transparency rejected with 251,675,437 for vs. 730,763,142 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001645590-23-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HPE
- cik: 0001645590
- company_name: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
- filed_at: 2023-04-06T23:59:59+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/1645590/000164559023000042/0001645590-23-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559023000042/hpe-20230405.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001645590-23-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co shareholders approved Election of 12 directors at the 2023-04-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-05
  source text: Proposal 1 The Company's stockholders cast their votes to elect 12 individuals to the Company's Board of Directors ("Board of Directors") for the succeeding year or until their successors are duly qualified and elected as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559023000042/0001645590-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal entitled 'Transparency in Lobbying' at the 2023-04-05 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-05
  source text: Proposal 5 The Company's stockholders cast their votes with respect to the stockholder proposal entitled "Transparency in Lobbying" as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559023000042/0001645590-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-04-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-05
  source text: Proposal 2 The Company's stockholders cast their votes to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023 as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559023000042/0001645590-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co shareholders approved Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 2021 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-04-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-05
  source text: Proposal 3 The Company's stockholders cast their votes to approve Amendment No. 2 to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559023000042/0001645590-23-000042-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2023-04-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-05
  source text: Proposal 4 The Company's stockholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote to approve executive compensation as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1645590/000164559023000042/0001645590-23-000042-index.htm

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