---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001032220-24-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMS"
cik: "0001032220"
company_name: "MAXIMUS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:44:53.938966+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Maximus shareholders elect all eight directors; reject shareholder proposal

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with >98% of votes cast in favor; 94.6% of outstanding shares represented.
- Shareholder proposal for third-party assessment on freedom of association defeated: 41.1M against vs 14.3M for.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor approved with 56.8M for (98.5% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay) passed with 55.5M for (98.9% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001032220-24-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMS
- cik: 0001032220
- company_name: MAXIMUS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032220/000103222024000040/0001032220-24-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032220/000103222024000040/mms-20240312.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001032220-24-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MAXIMUS, INC. shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered accounting firm for 2024 fiscal year at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: (b) To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered accounting firm for our 2024 fiscal year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032220/000103222024000040/0001032220-24-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MAXIMUS, INC. shareholders approved Election of eight directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: (a) To elect Anne K. Altman, Bruce L. Caswell, John J. Haley, Jan D. Madsen, Richard A. Montoni, Gayathri Rajan, Raymond B. Ruddy and Michael J. Warren as directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032220/000103222024000040/0001032220-24-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MAXIMUS, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: (c) To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, as disclosed in the compensation discussion and analysis, the compensation tables and any related material contained in the proxy statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032220/000103222024000040/0001032220-24-000040-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MAXIMUS, INC. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding third party assessment on commitment to freedom of association and collective bargaining rights at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: (d) Against a shareholder proposal regarding the commission of a third party assessment on the Company’s commitment to freedom of association and collective bargaining rights.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032220/000103222024000040/0001032220-24-000040-index.htm

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