---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-018951"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IQV"
cik: "0001478242"
company_name: "IQVIA HOLDINGS INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T00:40:47.418147+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IQVIA stockholders approve special meeting right for 25% holders; charter/bylaws amended

## Summary
- Stockholders approved charter amendment granting stockholders holding ≥25% of outstanding common stock the right to request a special meeting.
- Amendment and corresponding bylaw amendments became effective upon filing with Delaware Secretary of State on April 18, 2023.
- Three directors elected: Carol J. Burt, Colleen A. Goggins, Sheila A. Stamps, each with majority support.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 126.7M for (74.4%) vs 32.5M against.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 155.1M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-018951
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IQV
- cik: 0001478242
- company_name: IQVIA HOLDINGS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000114036123018951/0001140361-23-018951-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000114036123018951/brhc20051594_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-018951
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-018951.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-018951.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  IQVIA HOLDINGS INC.: Amended bylaws correspondingly to provide special meeting right, effective upon stockholder approval of charter amendment (effective 2023-04-18).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-18
  source text: The Board previously approved a corresponding amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), subject to stockholder approval of the proposal to provide a Special Meeting Right. The Bylaws of the Company became effective on April 18, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000114036123018951/0001140361-23-018951-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  IQVIA HOLDINGS INC.: Amended charter to provide stockholders holding at least 25% of outstanding common stock the right to request a special meeting (effective 2023-04-18).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-04-18
  source text: On April 18, 2023, IQVIA Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to provide stockholders representing at least 25% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock the right to request a special meeting of stockholders (a “Special Meeting Right”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478242/000114036123018951/0001140361-23-018951-index.htm

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