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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K



CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 9, 2024




The Walt Disney Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware

001-38842

83-0940635
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(818) 560-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or address, if changed since last report)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
 
DIS
 
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐





Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 3, 2024, The Walt Disney Company (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 115 million shares, from an aggregate of 179 million shares to 294 million shares.

A summary of the 2011 Plan is contained, under the heading “Approval of Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan”, in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”).

The foregoing description of the amendment and restatement of the 2011 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2011 Plan that is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holdings.

Set forth below are the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are more fully described in the Proxy Statement, and the estimated preliminary voting results reported by the Company’s proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated (“Innisfree”), based on the information available to Innisfree.

These results do not include (i) shares voted on the blue proxy card distributed by Trian Fund Management, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Trian Group”) outside of the system maintained by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) or (ii) shares voted on the green proxy card distributed by Blackwells Onshore I LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Blackwells Group”) outside of the system maintained by Broadridge.  In addition to being incomplete for the reasons described herein, these results are preliminary estimates only and are subject to change based on the certification of the voting results by the independent Inspector of Election, First Coast Results, Inc. (“First Coast”).  The Company will file an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the final voting results after receiving First Coast’s final certified report.

As of the record date of February 5, 2024, there were 1,834,328,817 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.  Of the record date shares, 1,264,795,371 shares of common stock, or 68.95%, were represented at the Annual Meeting.

1.
   
Election of Directors:
 
For
 
Withhold
 
     
Company’s Board of Director Nominees
         
     
Mary T. Barra
 
1,107,177,381
 
83,150,732
 
     
Safra A. Catz
 
1,115,731,749
 
74,564,259
 
     
Amy L. Chang
 
1,148,273,116
 
42,045,421
 
     
D. Jeremy Darroch
 
1,148,318,045
 
41,975,816
 
     
Carolyn N. Everson
 
1,108,561,414
 
81,735,537
 
     
Michael B.G. Froman
 
1,041,678,945
 
148,647,978
 
     
James P. Gorman
 
1,160,913,669
 
29,381,691
 
     
Robert A. Iger
 
1,118,352,501
 
72,002,255
 
     
Maria Elena Lagomasino
 
748,599,867
 
441,719,526
 
     
Calvin R. McDonald
 
1,111,300,256
 
78,990,932
 
     
Mark G. Parker
 
1,043,850,777
 
146,523,573
 
     
Derica W. Rice
 
1,088,245,081
 
102,055,853
 
                 
     
Trian Group’s Nominees
         
     
Nelson Peltz
 
369,785,247
 
819,457,227
 
     
James A. Rasulo
 
139,032,866
 
1,050,190,919
 



 

                 
     
Blackwells Group’s Nominees
         
     
Craig Hatkoff
 
23,781,511
 
1,165,409,725
 
     
Jessica Schell
 
24,587,900
 
1,164,617,574
 
     
Leah Solivan
 
23,771,394
 
1,165,411,209
 

Based on the estimated preliminary results, the twelve directors elected at the Annual Meeting are Mary T. Barra, Safra A. Catz, Amy L. Chang, D. Jeremy Darroch, Carolyn N. Everson, Michael B.G. Froman, James P. Gorman, Robert A. Iger, Maria Elena Lagomasino, Calvin R. McDonald, Mark G. Parker and Derica W. Rice.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
   
2.
   
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants for fiscal 2024
 
1,203,079,593
 
50,735,047
 
10,980,730
   

The proposal was approved based on the estimated preliminary vote.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
3.
   
Advisory vote to approve executive compensation
 
936,125,990
 
238,017,908
 
18,222,722
 
72,428,751

The proposal was approved based on the estimated preliminary vote.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
4.
   
Approval of an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance.
 
1,044,987,253
 
82,495,331
 
64,959,557
 
72,353,230

The proposal was approved based on the estimated preliminary vote.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
5.
   
Shareholder proposal requesting the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) seek shareholder approval for Section 16 officers’ termination payments
 
92,542,914
 
1,068,103,461
 
31,720,669
 
72,428,326

The proposal did not obtain approval based on the estimated preliminary vote.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
6.
   
Shareholder proposal requesting a report on political expenditures
 
295,457,586
 
864,692,828
 
32,216,651
 
72,428,305

The proposal did not obtain approval based on the estimated preliminary vote.



 

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
7.
   
Shareholder proposal requesting a report on gender transitioning compensation and benefits
 
27,123,798
 
1,120,572,407
 
23,608,220
 
93,490,946

The proposal did not obtain approval based on the estimated preliminary vote.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
8.
   
Shareholder proposal requesting publication of recipients of charitable contributions
 
49,926,307
 
1,097,959,706
 
23,418,412
 
93,490,946

The proposal did not obtain approval based on the estimated preliminary vote.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
9.
   
The Trian Group proposal to repeal each provision or amendment of the Company’s Bylaws that has been adopted by the Board (and not the shareholders of the Company) since November 30, 2023
 
349,505,427
 
826,173,481
 
16,688,154
 
72,428,308

The proposal did not obtain approval based on the estimated preliminary vote.

         
For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker
Non-Votes
10.
   
The Blackwells Group proposal for an advisory vote to cause the Board to increase its size by the number of nominees recommended by the Board at the Annual Meeting that fail to be elected, if any, for failure to receive more votes than a Trian Group Nominee or a Blackwells Group Nominee, and to appoint any and all such nominees recommended by the Board to fill the newly created corresponding vacancies
 
32,768,408
 
1,144,184,992
 
15,413,665
 
72,428,306

                             The proposal did not obtain approval based on the estimated preliminary vote.


No other matters were properly presented for consideration or shareholder action at the Annual Meeting.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit
Number
 
Description

     
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)



SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
The Walt Disney Company
   
 
By:
/s/  Jolene E. Negre
 
   
Name:
Jolene E. Negre
 
   
Title:
Associate General Counsel and Secretary
 

Date: April 9, 2024