---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944148-26-000072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBZ"
cik: "0000944148"
company_name: "CBIZ, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T21:07:52+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:10:28.115865+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBIZ shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Directors Marabito and Young each elected with >38M votes for; broker non-votes ~5.9M.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor: 45,982,194 for, 1,129,651 against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 39,871,104 for, 1,406,070 against.
- All three proposals passed at the May 14, 2026 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944148-26-000072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBZ
- cik: 0000944148
- company_name: CBIZ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T21:07:52+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000094414826000072/0000944148-26-000072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000094414826000072/cbz-20260514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CBIZ, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the 2026 proxy statement. The results of the vote taken were as follows: For 39,871,104 Against 1,406,070 Abstain 23,819 Broker Non Votes 5,909,457
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000094414826000072/0000944148-26-000072-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CBIZ, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of selection of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. The results of the vote taken were as follows: For 45,982,194 Against 1,129,651 Abstain 98,605
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000094414826000072/0000944148-26-000072-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CBIZ, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: The stockholders elected the following nominees as directors. The results of the vote taken were as follows: Directors For Against Abstain Broker Non Votes Richard T. Marabito 38,239,045 3,032,215 29,733 5,909,457 Rodney A. Young 38,477,074 2,653,266 170,653 5,909,457
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000094414826000072/0000944148-26-000072-index.htm

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