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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-259270"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "USB"
cik: "0000036104"
company_name: "US BANCORP DE"
filed_at: "2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T21:15:23.341565+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# U.S. Bancorp amends bylaws to align with SEC universal proxy rules and DGCL updates

## Summary
- Bylaws updated for Universal Proxy Rules; stockholders must certify compliance with Rule 14a-19(b) five business days before meeting.
- Refined notice requirements for stockholder nominations and proposals, including questionnaire and representation agreements.
- Board and meeting chair given explicit authority to postpone, reschedule, or cancel stockholder meetings per DGCL amendments.
- Stockholders soliciting proxies from others must use a proxy card color other than white.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-259270
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: USB
- cik: 0000036104
- company_name: US BANCORP DE
- filed_at: 2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36104/000119312523259270/0001193125-23-259270-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36104/000119312523259270/d331850d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-259270.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  US BANCORP DE: Amended and Restated Bylaws effective immediately, including updates for universal proxy rules, refining notice requirements, clarifying board/meeting chair authority, and requiring non-white proxy card color for stockholder solicitation (effective 2023-10-17).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-17
  source text: On October 17, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of U.S. Bancorp (the “Company”) approved and adopted the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), which became effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/36104/000119312523259270/0001193125-23-259270-index.htm

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