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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-111970"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FDX"
cik: "0001048911"
company_name: "FEDEX CORP"
filed_at: "2026-09-29T21:06:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:53:12.144144+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FedEx holders re-elect 11 directors; say-on-pay wins 90.6%; director equity grant raised $20K to $215K

## Summary
- Annual meeting held September 28, 2026: all 11 directors elected; lowest support was Paul S. Walsh with 12,552,036 votes against and Susan Patricia Griffith with 12,397,973 against.
- Say-on-pay approved with 168,894,051 votes for (90.6%) vs 16,659,998 against; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor with 94.3% support for the June 1-December 31, 2026 transition period.
- Independent-board-chair proposal failed: 72,957,240 for (39.2%) vs 112,362,887 against; special-meeting threshold proposal got 14.9% support and the abortion-drug risk report 1.1%.
- Outside director pay: annual retainer held at $140,000 and Lead Independent Director fee at $50,000; annual equity (RSU) award raised $20,000 to $215,000.
- Directors elected serve until the next annual meeting on April 26, 2027, reflecting FedEx's fiscal-year change and the June 1-December 31, 2026 transition period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-111970
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FDX
- cik: 0001048911
- company_name: FEDEX CORP
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T21:06:55+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048911/000110465926111970/0001104659-26-111970-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048911/000110465926111970/tm2626524d1_8k.htm

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