---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000052988-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "J"
cik: "0000052988"
company_name: "JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:20:40.704293+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jacobs declares quarterly dividend of $0.29/share, an 11.5% increase

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend raised 11.5% to $0.29/share, payable Mar 22, 2024 to record holders Feb 23, 2024.
- Shareholders approved officer exculpation amendment to company charter and removed pass-through voting provision in JEGI charter.
- All 13 director nominees elected; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY ending Sep 27, 2024.
- Advisory proposal on simple majority voting not considered due to proponent absence; board to review supermajority provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000052988-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: J
- cik: 0000052988
- company_name: JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/j-20240124.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC.: Amendment to the JEGI Charter to remove the pass-through voting provision (effective 2024-01-26).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-26
  source text: the amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “JEGI Charter”) of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (“JEGI”), to remove a pass-through voting provision
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC.: Amendment to the Company Charter to provide for senior officer exculpation (effective 2024-01-26).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-26
  source text: the amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Company Charter”) to provide for senior officer exculpation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 27, 2024 at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 27, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC. shareholders approved Amendment of the Company Charter to Provide for Senior Officer Exculpation at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Vote to Approve the Amendment of the Company Charter to Provide for Senior Officer Exculpation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC. shareholders approved Election of thirteen directors to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: elected thirteen directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Company's Executive Compensation at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Advisory Vote to Approve the Company’s Executive Compensation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC. shareholders approved Amendment of the JEGI Charter to Remove the Pass-Through Voting Provision at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Vote to Approve the Amendment of the JEGI Charter to Remove the Pass-Through Voting Provision
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52988/000005298824000005/0000052988-24-000005-index.htm

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