--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001467373-24-000032" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "ACN" cik: "0001467373" company_name: "Accenture plc" filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-06T13:18:19.565519+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.55 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Accenture shareholders approve equity plan amendments; 14M additional shares for incentive plan, 45M for ESPP until 2033 ## Summary - Shareholders approved Amended 2010 SIP, authorizing 14M additional shares and adding clawback provisions. - Shareholders approved Amended 2010 ESPP, authorizing 45M additional shares and extending term to Dec 13, 2033. - Director Nancy McKinstry re-elected with 78.25% for, 21.75% against; other directors received >90% support. - Non-binding say-on-pay vote passed with 90.89% approval. - KPMG ratified as auditor with 94.22% for. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001467373-24-000032 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: ACN - cik: 0001467373 - company_name: Accenture plc - filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.55 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/acn-20240131.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001467373-24-000032 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001467373-24-000032.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001467373-24-000032.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Ratify appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditor and authorize Audit Committee to determine remuneration at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To ratify, in a non-binding vote, the appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as Accenture’s independent auditor and to authorize, in a binding vote, the Audit Committee of the Board to determine KPMG’s remuneration 489,074,597 94.22 % 29,980,526 5.78 % 1,049,116 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To approve the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Share Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder 446,707,655 95.73 % 19,916,553 4.27 % 776,978 52,703,053 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Grant Board authority to issue shares under Irish law at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To grant the Board the authority to issue shares under Irish law 506,107,925 97.42 % 13,407,147 2.58 % 589,167 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Grant Board authority to opt-out of pre-emption rights under Irish law at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To grant the Board the authority to opt-out of pre-emption rights under Irish law 485,013,989 93.40 % 34,253,262 6.60 % 836,988 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Non-binding vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To approve, in a non-binding vote, the compensation of Accenture’s named executive officers 422,985,753 90.89 % 42,383,248 9.11 % 2,032,185 52,703,053 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To approve the Amended and Restated Accenture plc 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance and make other amendments 461,814,824 98.93 % 5,013,647 1.07 % 572,715 52,703,053 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To appoint the following directors: Jaime Ardila 462,941,319 99.17 % 3,882,272 0.83 % 577,595 52,703,053 Martin Brudermüller 460,850,913 98.74 % 5,892,448 1.26 % 657,825 52,703,053 Alan Jope 465,913,182 99.82 % 857,634 0.18 % 630,370 52,703,053 Nancy McKinstry 364,814,022 78.25 % 101,400,226 21.75 % 1,186,938 52,703,053 Beth E. Mooney 460,801,656 98.73 % 5,932,943 1.27 % 666,587 52,703,053 Gilles C. Pélisson 452,798,698 97.00 % 13,998,716 3.00 % 603,772 52,703,053 Paula A. Price 444,974,372 95.33 % 21,796,136 4.67 % 630,678 52,703,053 Venkata (Murthy) Renduchintala 465,952,479 99.83 % 805,944 0.17 % 642,763 52,703,053 Arun Sarin 458,491,469 98.23 % 8,246,242 1.77 % 663,475 52,703,053 Julie Sweet 436,676,407 93.82 % 28,775,746 6.18 % 1,949,033 52,703,053 Tracey T. Travis 428,424,979 91.79 % 38,323,815 8.21 % 652,392 52,703,053 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Accenture plc shareholders approved Determine price range for re-allotment of treasury shares under Irish law at the 2024-01-31 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2024-01-31 source text: To determine the price range at which Accenture can re-allot shares that it acquires as treasury shares under Irish law 515,387,429 99.42 % 3,023,976 0.58 % 1,692,834 — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467373/000146737324000032/0001467373-24-000032-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.