---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-022917"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBZ"
cik: "0000944148"
company_name: "CBIZ, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:08:40.367743+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CBIZ stockholders elect four directors, ratify KPMG, approve Say-on-Pay at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All four director nominees elected; votes for ranged from ~31.3M to ~40.7M.
- Ratified KPMG LLP as independent auditor for FY2024: 45.7M for, 1.1M against.
- Advisory vote on NEO compensation approved: 41.9M for, 2.2M against, 2.7M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-022917
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBZ
- cik: 0000944148
- company_name: CBIZ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+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/944148/000162828024022917/0001628280-24-022917-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000162828024022917/cbz-20240509.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-022917.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CBIZ, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: The stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. The results of the vote taken were as follows: For 45,728,777 Against 1,087,120 Abstain 1,481
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000162828024022917/0001628280-24-022917-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CBIZ, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: The stockholders elected the following nominees for election as directors. The results of the vote taken were as follows: Directors For Against Abstain Broker Non Votes Michael H. DeGroote 35,986,736 8,138,134 5,375 2,687,133 Gina D. France 40,640,290 3,484,572 5,383 2,687,133 A. Haag Sherman 31,285,040 12,839,818 5,387 2,687,133 Todd J. Slotkin 40,671,619 3,454,202 4,424 2,687,133
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000162828024022917/0001628280-24-022917-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CBIZ, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the 2024 proxy statement. The results of the vote taken were as follows: For 41,905,163 Against 2,206,760 Abstain 18,322 Broker Non Votes 2,687,133
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944148/000162828024022917/0001628280-24-022917-index.htm

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