---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000874716-24-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IDXX"
cik: "0000874716"
company_name: "IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE"
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:30:33.290176+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IDEXX enters $25K/month consulting pact with retired EVP; all annual meeting proposals pass

## Summary
- Retired EVP James Polewaczyk to provide coaching; $25,000/month for one-year term starting May 7, 2024.
- All four Class I director nominees elected: Britt, Claflin, Collins, Samad with >64M votes each.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 64.3M for, 4.4M against.
- Shareholder proposal for simple majority vote passed: 61.4M for, 6.4M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved: 70.5M for, 3.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000874716-24-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IDXX
- cik: 0000874716
- company_name: IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471624000107/0000874716-24-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471624000107/idxx-20240506.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874716-24-000107
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874716-24-000107.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000874716-24-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE shareholders approved Election of Irene Chang Britt, Bruce L. Claflin, Asha S. Collins, PhD and Sam Samad, each as a Class I director at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal One: Election of Directors. Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Irene Chang Britt 68,830,275 114,870 190,892 5,462,716 Bruce L. Claflin 64,539,198 4,403,367 193,562 5,462,716 Asha S. Collins, PhD 67,054,357 1,892,248 189,432 5,462,716 Sam Samad 65,193,479 3,748,617 193,941 5,462,716
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471624000107/0000874716-24-000107-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal Three: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. For 64,265,443 Against 4,412,055 Abstain 458,539 Broker Non-Votes 5,462,716
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471624000107/0000874716-24-000107-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE shareholders approved Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal Four: Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote. For 61,364,120 Against 6,382,985 Abstain 673,000 Broker Non-Votes 5,462,716
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471624000107/0000874716-24-000107-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-06
  source text: Proposal Two: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. For 70,547,786 Against 3,857,651 Abstain 193,316 Broker Non-Votes N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/874716/000087471624000107/0000874716-24-000107-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.