Carrier Global shareowners approve 17 million share increase to incentive plan
At its April 9, 2025 annual meeting, Carrier Global shareowners approved an amendment adding 17,000,000 shares to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan and elected all 10 nominated directors to terms expiring at the 2026 meeting. Shareowners also approved the advisory executive pay proposal and the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2025, and did not approve a shareowner proposal for a lobbying transparency report.
Key points
- Plan amendment approved: 708,612,162 votes for and 20,189,540 against, increasing shares authorized for future issuance by 17,000,000.
- All 10 director nominees elected, including Jean-Pierre Garnier, David Gitlin and Amy E. Miles.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal approved: 619,115,896 votes for and 106,886,454 against.
- Lobbying transparency report proposal not approved: 104,336,511 votes for and 622,188,788 against.
The filing
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