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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Walt Disney Company (The) (DIS)

Disney Board Nominates Former Apple COO Jeff Williams as Director Candidate

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Disney's Board has nominated Jeff Williams, Apple's former Chief Operating Officer, for election as an independent director at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. If elected, the board would grow from 10 to 11 directors.

Key points

  • Nominee Jeff Williams retired as Apple's Chief Operating Officer earlier in 2025.
  • Board size would increase from 10 to 11 directors, effective with the election at the 2026 annual meeting.
  • Shareholders will vote on Williams' election and the re-election of the current 10 directors at the 2026 annual meeting.

The filing

CompanyWalt Disney Company (The) (DIS)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECDec 9, 2025, 4:18 PM ET
Accession number0001744489-25-000159

Items reported: 8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on December 09, 2025.

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