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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-046054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABM"
cik: "0000771497"
company_name: "ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T04:28:33.027617+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ABM shareholders approve 61% increase in equity compensation shares and new ESPP

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment to 2021 Equity Plan, increasing authorized shares from 3,975,000 to 6,400,000 (61% increase).
- Shareholders approved 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan reserving 1,500,000 shares for employee purchases at 5% discount.
- All ten director nominees elected; advisory vote on executive compensation passed with ~97% of votes cast.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2025.
- First ESPP offering period begins July 1, 2025, with three-month duration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-046054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABM
- cik: 0000771497
- company_name: ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771497/000095017025046054/0000950170-25-046054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771497/000095017025046054/abm-20250326.htm

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