Kraft Heinz Company Announces 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Results

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The Kraft Heinz Company held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 8, 2025, where stockholders voted on various matters, including the election of directors, executive compensation, audit firm selection, and several stockholder proposals. The meeting results showed that stockholders elected all 12 nominees to serve as directors of the Company for a one-year term, approved the Company's executive compensation on an advisory basis, and ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2025. However, stockholders did not approve three stockholder proposals, including one regarding a report on recyclability claims, another on plastic packaging, and a proposal to adopt a policy on an independent Board Chair.

Key Takeaways:

  • Stockholders elected 12 nominees to serve as directors of the Company for a one-year term, with shares for and against votes as follows:

+ Carlos Abrams-Rivera: 910,551,468 shares for, 5,114,268 shares against, 1,239,787 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Humberto P. Alfonso: 910,722,594 shares for, 4,802,740 shares against, 1,434,189 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ John T. Cahill: 887,908,354 shares for, 27,765,831 shares against, 1,285,338 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Lori Dickerson Fouche: 902,364,396 shares for, 12,777,462 shares against, 1,817,665 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Diane Gherson: 909,087,652 shares for, 6,453,796 shares against, 1,418,075 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Timothy Kenesey: 884,838,984 shares for, 30,636,603 shares against, 1,483,936 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Alicia Knapp: 893,457,311 shares for, 21,705,366 shares against, 1,796,846 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Elio Leoni Sceti: 908,828,141 shares for, 6,679,301 shares against, 1,452,081 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ James Park: 908,927,952 shares for, 6,585,283 shares against, 1,446,288 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Miguel Patricio: 893,884,682 shares for, 21,766,503 shares against, 1,308,338 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ John C. Pope: 894,036,804 shares for, 21,610,351 shares against, 1,312,368 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

+ Debby Soo: 911,092,762 shares for, 4,442,298 shares against, 1,424,463 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

  • Stockholders approved the Company's executive compensation on an advisory basis, with 872,898,769 shares for, 40,641,979 shares against, 3,418,775 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes
  • Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2025, with 965,716,403 shares for, 57,228,002 shares against, 1,468,724 shares abstain, and 107,453,606 broker non-votes

Statistics:

  • Total shares outstanding: 7,022,441,158
  • Total shares voted: 4,135,375,725

Sources:

  • Form 8-K (Current Report) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2025
  • Proxy statement for The Kraft Heinz Company 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (not specified in the original text, but referenced in the Form 8-K)