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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-046003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCOI"
cik: "0001158324"
company_name: "COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T03:12:19.137890+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cogent Communications stockholders approve board size change, incentive plan share increase

## Summary
- All director nominees elected with strong support; Dave Schaeffer received 40.2M for votes.
- Bylaws amended to set board size range from six to eight directors, fixed by the Board.
- 2017 Incentive Award Plan amended: 1.5M additional shares authorized, term extended to May 7, 2035.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year 2025.
- Say-on-pay proposal approved with 35.8M for votes vs. 4.6M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-046003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCOI
- cik: 0001158324
- company_name: COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158324/000110465925046003/0001104659-25-046003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158324/000110465925046003/tm2514030d2_8k.htm

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