--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001157523-23-001805" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "LRN" cik: "0001157408" company_name: "Stride, Inc." filed_at: "2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:26:16.955955+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.1 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Stride stockholders elect all 10 director nominees, ratify BDO as auditor at Dec 7, 2023 annual meeting ## Summary - All ten director nominees received majority support; highest vote was Allison Lawrence with 36,462,830 for. - Appointment of BDO USA as independent auditor for FY2024 ratified: 36,960,473 for, 1,282,500 against. - Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 33,715,882 for, 2,519,857 against. - Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay set at one year (33,207,569 votes); Board adopts annual frequency. - Shareholder proposal on lobbying report defeated: 18,249,329 against vs. 17,857,527 for. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001157523-23-001805 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: LRN - cik: 0001157408 - company_name: Stride, Inc. - filed_at: 2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.1 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157408/000115752323001805/0001157523-23-001805-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157408/000115752323001805/a53868273.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001805 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001805.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001805.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Stride, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal regarding a Report on Lobbying at the 2023-12-07 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-12-07 source text: The stockholder proposal regarding a report on lobbying activities and expenditures was not approved. There were 17,857,527 votes for, 18,249,329 votes against, 542,640 abstentions, and 1,979,998 broker non-votes. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157408/000115752323001805/0001157523-23-001805-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Stride, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-12-07 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-12-07 source text: A frequency of one year was approved on an advisory basis (non-binding) as the recommended frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation ("Say on Pay") with 33,207,569 votes for one year, 8,037 votes for two years, 3,059,665 votes for three years, 374,225 abstentions, and 1,979,998 broker non-votes . evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157408/000115752323001805/0001157523-23-001805-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Stride, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-12-07 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-12-07 source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The ten nominees for the Board of Directors were elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until such time as their respective successors are elected and qualified or their earlier resignation, death, or removal from office. The tabulation of votes is set forth below: For Withheld Broker Non-Vote Aida M. Alvarez 34,753,849 1,895,647 1,979,998 Craig R. Barrett 34,596,394 2,053,102 1,979,998 Robert L. Cohen 35,328,936 1,320,560 1,979,998 Steven B. Fink 34,969,108 1,680,388 1,979,998 Robert E. Knowling, Jr. 35,940,426 709,070 1,979,998 Allison Lawrence 36,462,830 186,666 1,979,998 Liza McFadden 34,527,265 2,122,231 1,979,998 James J. Rhyu 36,397,017 252,479 1,979,998 Ralph Smith 36,094,200 555,296 1,979,998 Joseph A. Verbrugge 36,292,534 356,962 1,979,998 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157408/000115752323001805/0001157523-23-001805-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Stride, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-12-07 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-12-07 source text: The compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the accompanying tables in the proxy statement, was approved on an advisory basis (non-binding). There were 33,715,882 votes for, 2,519,857 votes against, 413,757 abstentions, and 1,979,998 broker non-votes. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157408/000115752323001805/0001157523-23-001805-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Stride, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor at the 2023-12-07 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-12-07 source text: The appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 was ratified with 36,960,473 votes for, 1,282,500 votes against, 386,521 abstentions, and no broker non-votes. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157408/000115752323001805/0001157523-23-001805-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.