---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-354640"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPRT"
cik: "0000900075"
company_name: "COPART INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-18T10:01:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-18T10:10:23.509214+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Copart appoints David J. Berger to board, effective Aug 13, 2026

## Summary
- Berger, 67, Senior Partner at Wilson Sonsini, joined board Aug 13, 2026; term expires at 2026 annual meeting.
- Wilson Sonsini serves as Copart's outside counsel; Berger has no family ties to directors or officers.
- Copart expects Wilson Sonsini fees for FY2027 to be immaterial; no related-party transactions disclosed.
- Berger will receive standard outside director compensation and enter into indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-354640
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPRT
- cik: 0000900075
- company_name: COPART INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-18T10:01:08+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000119312526354640/0001193125-26-354640-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000119312526354640/d77107d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-354640.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David J. Berger was appointed as director at COPART INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On August 13, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Copart, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of its Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee, appointed David J. Berger to serve as a director effective as of the Effective Date, with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000119312526354640/0001193125-26-354640-index.htm

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