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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-24-000021
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal shareholders remove supermajority vote requirement for business combinations
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- 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).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555624000021/0000815556-24-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555624000021/fast-20240425.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-24-000021

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