---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001101239-26-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQIX"
cik: "0001101239"
company_name: "EQUINIX INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:46:43+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:55:02.641956+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equinix shareholders reelect all 10 directors, approve executive compensation, reject special meeting threshold change

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees reelected; Yanbing Li received highest vote total (85.5M for), Sandra Rivera lowest (81.2M for).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 77.6M for, 7.9M against, and 3.98M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for FY2026 passed with 82.1M for, 7.5M against.
- Stockholder proposal to lower special meeting ownership threshold defeated: 25.8M for, 59.3M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001101239-26-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQIX
- cik: 0001101239
- company_name: EQUINIX INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:46:43+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000110123926000109/0001101239-26-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000110123926000109/eqix-20260513.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUINIX INC shareholders approved Election of 10 directors to the Board of Directors at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of Directors. Each of the 10 directors nominated to the Board were reelected.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000110123926000109/0001101239-26-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUINIX INC shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 3. Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000110123926000109/0001101239-26-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUINIX INC shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Related to Lowering the Stock Ownership Threshold Required to Call a Special Meeting at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 4. Stockholder Proposal Related Lowering the Stock Ownership Threshold Required to Call a Special Meeting. The stockholder proposal related to lowering the stock ownership threshold required to call a special meeting was not approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000110123926000109/0001101239-26-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUINIX INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: Proposal 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers. Stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of Equinix's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000110123926000109/0001101239-26-000109-index.htm

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