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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-144941"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXW"
cik: "0001070985"
company_name: "CoreCivic, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:30:53.946715+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CoreCivic annual meeting elects all 10 director nominees, ratifies EY as auditor

## Summary
- All 10 nominees elected; Donna Alvarado and Devin Murphy each received ~19M against votes.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 95.9M votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (85.0M for); annual frequency of advisory votes also approved.
- Approximately 87% of outstanding shares voted, representing 99.7M shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-144941
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXW
- cik: 0001070985
- company_name: CoreCivic, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312523144941/0001193125-23-144941-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312523144941/d503417d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CoreCivic, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  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 84,985,101 3,224,990 91,852 11,423,448
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312523144941/0001193125-23-144941-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CoreCivic, Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten directors at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  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 68,797,417 19,464,373 40,153 11,423,448 Robert J. Dennis 86,619,348 1,615,962 66,633 11,423,448 Mark A. Emkes 73,457,443 14,766,760 77,740 11,423,448 Damon T. Hininger 85,577,639 2,651,244 73,060 11,423,448 Stacia A. Hylton 73,578,449 14,642,712 80,782 11,423,448 Harley G. Lappin 85,570,843 2,637,769 93,331 11,423,448 Anne L. Mariucci 81,232,016 6,989,976 79,951 11,423,448 Thurgood Marshall, Jr. 73,690,668 14,556,411 54,864 11,423,448 Devin I. Murphy 69,293,333 18,931,191 77,419 11,423,448 John R. Prann, Jr. 83,805,528 4,417,836 78,579 11,423,448
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312523144941/0001193125-23-144941-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CoreCivic, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Proposal 4 : An advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 86,899,922 175,562 1,136,708 89,751 11,423,448
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312523144941/0001193125-23-144941-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, 2023 at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  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, 2023: For Against Abstain 95,916,839 3,768,041 40,511
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070985/000119312523144941/0001193125-23-144941-index.htm

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