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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-019238"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXW"
cik: "0001070985"
company_name: "CoreCivic, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T13:32:24.579588+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CoreCivic shareholders approve Amended 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing share pool

## Summary
- Stock plan amendment approved by 90.99M for vs. 2.38M against; share reserve increases to ~6.79M shares.
- All ten director nominees elected, including CEO Damon Hininger; broker non-votes ~13.2M shares.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2022 with 105.3M for votes.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 91.23M for votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-019238
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXW
- cik: 0001070985
- company_name: CoreCivic, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000114036122019238/0001140361-22-019238-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000114036122019238/brhc10037661_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CoreCivic, Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten directors to the Board of Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1 : The ten nominees for director received the number of votes reported below: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Donna M. Alvarado 81,772,586 11,819,971 52,439 13,210,484 Robert J. Dennis 92,006,845 1,539,101 99,050 13,210,484 Mark A. Emkes 82,133,946 11,460,776 50,274 13,210,484 Damon T. Hininger 92,293,186 1,247,406 104,404 13,210,484 Stacia A. Hylton 82,232,549 11,362,174 50,273 13,210,484 Harley G. Lappin 92,059,242 1,477,880 107,874 13,210,484 Anne L. Mariucci 88,110,667 5,439,081 95,248 13,210,484 Thurgood Marshall, Jr. 82,182,814 11,409,861 52,321 13,210,484 Devin I. Murphy 92,571,642 976,468 96,886 13,210,484 John R. Prann, Jr. 91,334,663 2,212,984 97,349 13,210,484
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000114036122019238/0001140361-22-019238-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CoreCivic, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the CoreCivic, Inc. Amended and Restated 2020 Stock Incentive Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 4 : Approval of the Amended Plan: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 90,993,011 2,382,586 269,399 13,210,484
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000114036122019238/0001140361-22-019238-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CoreCivic, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 3 : An advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 91,234,176 2,136,537 274,283 13,210,484
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000114036122019238/0001140361-22-019238-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CoreCivic, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 at the 2022-12-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-31
  source text: Proposal 2 : Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 105,317,192 1,472,187 66,101 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000114036122019238/0001140361-22-019238-index.htm

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