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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-093962"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLB"
cik: "0001958086"
company_name: "Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T19:58:58.469032+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core Laboratories lowers shareholder voting threshold to simple majority for mergers and change-in-control

## Summary
- Board approved amendment reducing supermajority voting requirement from 66-2/3% to simple majority for certain shareholder actions including mergers and change-in-control.
- Amendment effective February 27, 2026; affects Section 2.11 of the First Amended and Restated Bylaws.
- Only change in the amended bylaws; no other governance provisions modified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-093962
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLB
- cik: 0001958086
- company_name: Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526093962/0001193125-26-093962-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526093962/clb-20260227.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6d098c5615aef0256e0a3163945203c6b095144e
  claim: Core Laboratories Inc. /DE/: Lowered voting threshold for shareholder actions from 66-2/3% supermajority to simple majority (effective 2026-02-27).
  evidence_excerpt: the only change being to lower the voting threshold set forth in Section 2.11 for approval of certain shareholder actions, including the approval of merger and change in control transactions, from a 66-2/3% supermajority vote to a 50% plus one simple majority vote
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1958086/000119312526093962/0001193125-26-093962-index.htm

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