---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-007050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MANH"
cik: "0001056696"
company_name: "MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T06:18:28.832194+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Manhattan Associates adds proxy access bylaw allowing 3% holders to nominate directors

## Summary
- Board approved and adopted proxy access bylaw as new Section 2.15 of Amended Bylaws effective March 8, 2023.
- Allows eligible shareholders (3%+ ownership for ≥3 years) to nominate up to 2 directors or 20% of board for proxy materials.
- Group of up to 20 shareholders may combine holdings to meet the 3% threshold for proxy access nominations.
- Nominations must adhere to timing and information requirements outlined in Bylaws Sections 2.14, 2.15, and 3.8.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-007050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MANH
- cik: 0001056696
- company_name: MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056696/000095017023007050/0000950170-23-007050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056696/000095017023007050/manh-20230309.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-007050.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES INC: Added proxy access bylaw as new Section 2.15, permitting eligible shareholders to nominate directors for inclusion in proxy materials (effective 2023-03-08).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-03-08
  source text: On March 8, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Manhattan Associates, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted an amendment to the Amended Bylaws of the Company to add a “proxy access” bylaw as new Section 2.15.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056696/000095017023007050/0000950170-23-007050-index.htm

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