8-K
filed April 26, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
ticker KEX
CIK 0000056047
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confidence high
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materiality 0.20
Kirby Corp amends bylaws to separate CEO and Chairman roles; stockholders elect directors and ratify auditor
KIRBY CORP
- Bylaws amended to allow CEO to be a separate office from Chairman of the Board or President.
- Stockholders elected Tanya S. Beder, Barry E. Davis, and Susan W. Dio as Class II directors.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2024 with 54.6M votes for, 2.0M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved (38.7M for, 15.3M against).
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Governance Changes
SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06
confidence 0.9
KIRBY CORP: Amended bylaws to allow separation of CEO role from Chairman and President, and clarify CEO role (effective 2024-04-26).
- Change
- bylaw amendment
- Effective
- 2024-04-26
Exact text from the filing
On April 26, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kirby Corporation (the “Company”) amended the bylaws of the Company (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Bylaws”), which became effective on that date, in order to, among other things, provide that the role of Chief Executive Officer may be a separate office from the Chairman of the Board or the President and to clarify the role of the Chief Executive Officer, if a separate office.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
KIRBY CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of Kirby’s named executive officers at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-26
Exact text from the filing
The compensation of Kirby’s named executive officers was approved on a non-binding advisory basis by the following vote: For 38,734,276 Against 15,319,817 Abstain 385,748 Broker non-votes 2,159,985
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
KIRBY CORP shareholders approved Election of three Class II directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-26
Exact text from the filing
Tanya S. Beder, Barry E. Davis, and Susan W. Dio were elected Class II directors of Kirby to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders by the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Tanya S. Beder 53,146,925 1,273,303 19,613 2,159,985 Barry E. Davis 53,805,503 615,522 18,816 2,159,985 Susan W. Dio 54,334,125 85,545 20,171 2,159,985
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
KIRBY CORP shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-04-26
Exact text from the filing
The Audit Committee's selection of KPMG LLP as Kirby’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was ratified by the following vote: For 54,572,860 Against 2,005,701 Abstain 21,265 Broker non-votes 0
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