---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-021656"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROOT"
cik: "0001788882"
company_name: "Root, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T04:08:28.749622+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Root stockholders elect all three Class III director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Alexander Timm (37.6M for), Lawrence Hilsheimer (37.5M for), Douglas Ulman (37.4M for) re-elected as Class III directors.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 41.4M votes for, 102K against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 35.8M for, 1.1M against, 842K abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-021656
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROOT
- cik: 0001788882
- company_name: Root, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828023021656/0001628280-23-021656-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828023021656/root-20230606.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-021656.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Root, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of named executive officer compensation at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of named executive officer compensation The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, named executive officer compensation, by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 35,839,287 1,097,680 842,363 3,701,873
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828023021656/0001628280-23-021656-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Root, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 1. Election of Class III Directors The stockholders elected each of Alexander Timm, Lawrence Hilsheimer, and Douglas Ulman as Class III directors, each to serve terms expiring on the date of the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until each such director's successor has been duly elected, or if sooner, until the director's death, resignation or removal, by the following votes: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Alexander Timm 37,583,745 169,157 26,428 3,701,873 Lawrence Hilsheimer 37,502,626 244,460 32,244 3,701,873 Douglas Ulman 37,361,871 379,632 37,827 3,701,873
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828023021656/0001628280-23-021656-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Root, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Auditor for 2023 at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: 2. Ratification of Independent Auditor for 2023 The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2023, by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 41,351,884 101,787 27,532
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000162828023021656/0001628280-23-021656-index.htm

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