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accession: "0001305168-23-000103"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001305168"
company_name: "ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:46:25.727987+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ARC Document Solutions amends bylaws for DGCL and universal proxy rules; declares $0.05 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Board amended bylaws to comply with updated DGCL and SEC universal proxy rules; effective Dec 6, 2023.
- New director nomination rules require additional disclosures, use of non-white proxy cards, and compliance with Rule 14a-19.
- Added exclusive forum clause: federal courts for Securities Act claims, Delaware Chancery for others.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share declared, payable Feb 29, 2024 to holders of record Jan 31, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001305168-23-000103
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001305168
- company_name: ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000130516823000103/0001305168-23-000103-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000130516823000103/arc-20231206.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws to address changes to DGCL and SEC universal proxy rules, updating procedures for stockholder meetings, director nominations, proxy solicitation, and adding an exclusive forum clause (effective 2023-12-06).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-06
  source text: On December 6, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the “Third Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000130516823000103/0001305168-23-000103-index.htm

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