---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-007390"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NAVI"
cik: "0001593538"
company_name: "NAVIENT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T10:28:34.284690+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Navient shareholders elect all 9 directors, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; Edward J. Bramson received most votes (104.3M).
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for 2023: 115.4M for, 2.3M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 106.7M for, 1.1M against.
- 92.8% of outstanding shares represented at the May 25, 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-007390
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NAVI
- cik: 0001593538
- company_name: NAVIENT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1593538/000165495423007390/0001654954-23-007390-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593538/000165495423007390/navi_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NAVIENT CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP . The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, as follows: For Against Abstain 115,416,476 2,294,751 79,508
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593538/000165495423007390/0001654954-23-007390-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NAVIENT CORP shareholders approved Election of 9 directors to hold office until 2024 Annual Meeting at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors . The Company’s shareholders elected the following 9 directors to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected or appointed: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Frederick Arnold 94,914,507 13,147,372 47,037 9,681,819 Edward J. Bramson 104,341,613 3,662,571 104,732 9,681,819 Anna Escobedo Cabral 97,594,834 10,467,740 46,342 9,681,819 Larry A. Klane 95,284,582 12,777,058 47,276 9,681,819 Michael A. Lawson 104,875,937 3,185,851 47,128 9,681,819 Linda A. Mills 94,468,973 13,590,624 49,319 9,681,819 Jane J. Thompson 94,756,277 13,309,804 42,835 9,681,819 Laura S. Unger 94,574,906 13,489,747 44,263 9,681,819 David L. Yowan 97,173,160 10,890,431 45,325 9,681,819
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593538/000165495423007390/0001654954-23-007390-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NAVIENT CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation . The Company’s shareholders approved, by an advisory vote, the compensation of its named executive officers, as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 106,706,976 1,104,581 297,359 9,681,819
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593538/000165495423007390/0001654954-23-007390-index.htm

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