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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-22-037207"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPD"
cik: "0000746515"
company_name: "EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T02:20:27.816259+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Expeditors amends bylaws on universal proxy rules for director nominations

## Summary
- Board approved amended bylaws effective Nov 9, 2022, adding procedural requirements under SEC Rule 14a-19.
- Changes affect Article II(15) and (15A) and Article IV(2) concerning contested director elections.
- Amendments clarify shareholder nomination process when utilizing universal proxy rules.
- No financial impact or operational changes disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-22-037207
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPD
- cik: 0000746515
- company_name: EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459022037207/0001564590-22-037207-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459022037207/expd-8k_20221109.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC: Amended and restated bylaws to update universal proxy access rules per Rule 14a-19, adding procedural and informational requirements for shareholder nominations (effective 2022-11-09).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-09
  source text: On November 7, 2022, the Board of Directors of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (the "Company") approved the amended and restated Bylaws. The amendments to Article II(15) and (15A) and Article IV(2) related to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent universal proxy rules and include additional procedural and informational requirements for shareholders utilizing Rule 14a-19.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000156459022037207/0001564590-22-037207-index.htm

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