---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-031615"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPRT"
cik: "0000900075"
company_name: "COPART INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T07:12:26.647029+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Copart annual meeting: all 11 directors elected, say-on-pay passes, auditor ratified

## Summary
- Stockholders elected all 11 director nominees; each received >171M votes for vs. <40M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with ~62% of votes cast in favor (130.8M for, 80.1M against).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY 2023 approved with 217.0M votes for (97% of votes cast).
- Meeting held Dec 2, 2022; ~92% of outstanding shares (220.2M of 238.1M) were represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-031615
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPRT
- cik: 0000900075
- company_name: COPART INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000162828022031615/0001628280-22-031615-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000162828022031615/cprt-20221202.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COPART INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2022-12-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-02
  source text: 3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023, based on the following results of voting: Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 216,981,312 3,108,794 90,633 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000162828022031615/0001628280-22-031615-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COPART INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-12-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-02
  source text: 1. Election of Directors. The stockholders elected the following nominees to serve as directors, each to hold office until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Willis J. Johnson 201,100,622 10,222,879 110,185 8,747,053 A. Jayson Adair 207,421,718 3,907,274 104,694 8,747,053 Matt Blunt 201,618,695 9,709,066 105,925 8,747,053 Steven D. Cohan 178,397,487 32,923,951 112,248 8,747,053 Daniel J. Englander 171,486,495 39,451,254 495,937 8,747,053 James E. Meeks 203,425,031 7,896,910 111,745 8,747,053 Thomas N. Tryforos 201,277,619 10,035,770 120,297 8,747,053 Diane M. Morefield 194,155,686 17,167,945 110,055 8,747,053 Stephen Fisher 190,503,785 20,807,266 122,635 8,747,053 Cherylyn Harley LeBon 204,399,709 6,929,860 104,117 8,747,053 Carl D. Sparks 188,126,954 23,189,665 117,067 8,747,053
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000162828022031615/0001628280-22-031615-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COPART INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2022-12-02 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-02
  source text: 2. Advisory Vote on Approval of Executive Compensation. On an advisory (non-binding) basis, the stockholders approved the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended July 31, 2022 as disclosed in our proxy statement, based on the following results of voting: Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 130,777,507 80,109,873 546,306 8,747,053
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900075/000162828022031615/0001628280-22-031615-index.htm

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