--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001628280-23-020516" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "EQIX" cik: "0001101239" company_name: "EQUINIX INC" filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:57:15.266755+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.3 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Equinix stockholders re-elect all 10 directors, approve say-on-pay and PwC at 2023 annual meeting ## Summary - All 10 director nominees re-elected with 70-81M votes for; no dissident campaign. - Non-binding say-on-pay approved: 60.6M for, 21.0M against. - Advisory vote on frequency: 79.4M votes for one-year interval; adopted. - Ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2023: 80.4M for, 4.6M against. - Stockholder proposal on termination pay rejected: 74.4M against, 6.7M for. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001628280-23-020516 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: EQIX - cik: 0001101239 - company_name: EQUINIX INC - filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.3 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000162828023020516/0001628280-23-020516-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000162828023020516/eqix-20230525.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-020516 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-020516.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-020516.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes EQUINIX INC shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Related to Shareholder Ratification of Termination Pay at the 2023-05-25 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-05-25 source text: The stockholder proposal related to shareholder ratification of termination pay was not approved. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 6,733,103 74,390,543 550,712 3,247,205 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000162828023020516/0001628280-23-020516-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EQUINIX INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Vote to Approve the Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-25 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-25 source text: Stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, a one-year frequency for the frequency with which Equinix will hold the vote on the compensation of Equinix’s named executive officers. 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 79,393,565 89,276 2,183,384 8,113 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000162828023020516/0001628280-23-020516-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EQUINIX INC shareholders approved Election of 10 directors to the Board of Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-25 source text: Each of the 10 directors nominated to the Board were reelected: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Nanci Caldwell 72,625,022 9,030,436 18,900 3,247,205 Adaire Fox-Martin 81,104,867 549,972 19,519 3,247,205 Gary Hromadko 78,206,157 3,447,926 20,275 3,247,205 Charles Meyers 81,091,966 565,652 16,740 3,247,205 Thomas Olinger 81,388,467 263,358 22,533 3,247,205 Christopher Paisley 74,650,320 7,004,484 19,554 3,247,205 Jeetu Patel 78,047,357 3,603,888 23,113 3,247,205 Sandra Rivera 78,481,766 3,173,430 19,162 3,247,205 Fidelma Russo 78,924,761 2,726,340 23,257 3,247,205 Peter Van Camp 79,125,031 2,330,743 218,584 3,247,205 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000162828023020516/0001628280-23-020516-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EQUINIX INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-25 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-25 source text: Stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of Equinix's named executive officers. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 60,608,151 21,037,357 28,850 3,247,205 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000162828023020516/0001628280-23-020516-index.htm - Shareholder Votes EQUINIX INC shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-25 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-25 source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstain 80,353,472 4,555,761 12,330 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000162828023020516/0001628280-23-020516-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.