Form 8-K

8-K — Kenvue Inc.

Accession: 0001944048-26-000102

Filed: 2026-05-22

Period: 2026-05-21

CIK: 0001944048

SIC: 2844 (PERFUMES, COSMETICS & OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS)

Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): May 21, 2026

Kenvue Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 001-41697 88-1032011

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation) (Commission

File Number) (IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Kenvue Way

Summit, New Jersey

07901

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (908)-874-1200

Not applicable

(Former name or former 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)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ 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 per share KVUE 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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) Kenvue Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 21, 2026. For more information on the following proposals, see the Company’s proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2026 (the “2026 Proxy Statement”).

(b) The final voting results of the matters presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are set forth below.

1. Proposal 1 — Election of Directors.

Shareholders elected all 12 director nominees named in the 2026 Proxy Statement to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.

Director Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes

Richard E. Allison, Jr. 1,512,836,324 6,283,362 920,339 107,623,208

Seemantini Godbole 1,510,994,556 6,185,557 2,859,912 107,623,208

Melanie L. Healey 1,510,962,748 8,276,268 801,009 107,623,208

Sarah Hofstetter 1,513,969,922 5,305,820 764,283 107,623,208

Betsy D. Holden 1,483,722,493 35,492,864 824,668 107,623,208

Erica L. Mann 1,511,484,856 5,728,044 2,827,125 107,623,208

Larry J. Merlo 1,508,433,980 10,784,111 821,934 107,623,208

Kathleen M. Pawlus 1,513,894,357 5,313,513 832,155 107,623,208

Kirk L. Perry 1,514,170,245 5,167,232 702,548 107,623,208

Vasant Prabhu 1,513,653,222 5,436,303 950,500 107,623,208

Jeffrey C. Smith 1,512,466,121 6,743,254 830,650 107,623,208

Michael E. Sneed 1,513,965,044 5,287,090 787,891 107,623,208

2. Proposal 2 — Approve, on a Non-Binding Advisory Basis, Named Executive Officer Compensation.

Shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes

1,449,179,584 69,193,538 1,666,903 107,623,208

3. Proposal 3 — Ratify the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026.

Shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.

For Against Abstain

1,619,846,087 7,169,319 647,827

SIGNATURES

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.

KENVUE INC.

Date: May 22, 2026 By: /s/ Alla Berenshteyn

Name:

Title: Alla Berenshteyn

Vice President, Corporate Secretary

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