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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-23-000306"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBAY"
cik: "0001065088"
company_name: "EBAY INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T17:34:49.118932+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# eBay shareholders approve 30M-share increase to equity plan, officer exculpation amendment

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment & restatement of Equity Incentive Award Plan, adding 30M shares of common stock.
- Shareholders approved Certificate of Incorporation amendment to permit officer exculpation under Delaware law.
- All nine director nominees elected; PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as independent auditors.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved; say-on-pay frequency set at one year.
- Shareholder proposal for right to call special meeting did not pass.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-23-000306
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBAY
- cik: 0001065088
- company_name: EBAY INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+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, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065088/000155278123000306/0001552781-23-000306-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065088/000155278123000306/e23289_ebay-8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  EBAY INC: Amendment to certificate of incorporation to authorize officer exculpation in accordance with updated Delaware law (effective 2023-06-22).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-06-22
  source text: As further described in Item 5.07 of this Report, on June 21, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “Officer Exculpation Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reflect updated Delaware law provisions authorizing officer exculpation. The Officer Exculpation Amendment became effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 22, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065088/000155278123000306/0001552781-23-000306-index.htm

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