8-K
filed April 30, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
ticker FAST
CIK 0000815556
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confidence high
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materiality 0.40
Fastenal shareholders remove supermajority vote requirement for business combinations
FASTENAL CO
- Removal of Article VI supermajority provision approved with 461M votes for (99.5% of votes cast); effective April 25, 2024.
- All 11 director nominees elected; support ranged from 85% (Michael Ancius) to 98% (Irene Quarshie).
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2024 with 486M votes for, 31M against.
- Advisory executive compensation proposal passed with 430M votes for (92.7% of votes cast), 33M against.
- Shareholder proposal for simple majority vote not properly presented; if voted, it would have failed (188M for, 271M against).
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Governance Changes
SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06
confidence 0.9
FASTENAL CO: Removed Article VI regarding supermajority approval of business combinations with certain interested parties (effective 2024-04-25).
- Change
- charter amendment
- Effective
- 2024-04-25
Exact text from the filing
on April 25, 2024, the shareholders of Fastenal Company (the 'Company') approved an amendment (the 'Amendment') to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, which removed Article VI regarding supermajority approval of business combinations with certain interested parties.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
FASTENAL CO shareholders rejected Consideration of a shareholder proposal relating to simple majority vote at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-25
Exact text from the filing
Proposal #5 - Consideration of a shareholder proposal relating to simple majority vote.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
FASTENAL CO shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation to delete Article VI regarding supermajority approval of business combinations with certain interested parties at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
- Proposal
- charter amendment
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-25
Exact text from the filing
Proposal #4 - Approval of an amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation to delete Article VI regarding supermajority approval of business combinations with certain interested parties.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
FASTENAL CO shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-25
Exact text from the filing
Proposal #1 – Election of directors. The election of a board of directors consisting of eleven members to serve until the next regular meeting of shareholders or until their successors have been elected and qualified.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
FASTENAL CO shareholders approved Advisory vote on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-25
Exact text from the filing
Proposal #3 – An advisory vote on a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
FASTENAL CO shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-25
Exact text from the filing
Proposal #2 – Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
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