---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001796022-23-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STEP"
cik: "0001796022"
company_name: "StepStone Group Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T17:44:50.016658+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# StepStone shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay and ESPP

## Summary
- Elected Scott W. Hart, David F. Hoffmeister, Anne L. Raymond as Class III directors for one-year terms.
- Ratified Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year ending March 31, 2024; 290.5M votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal approved with 288.9M votes for (99.6% of votes cast, excluding broker non-votes).
- Approved 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 289.6M votes for (99.8% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001796022-23-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STEP
- cik: 0001796022
- company_name: StepStone Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796022/000179602223000059/0001796022-23-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796022/000179602223000059/step-20230913.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  StepStone Group Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-09-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-13
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796022/000179602223000059/0001796022-23-000059-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  StepStone Group Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding and advisory basis, of the compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-09-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-13
  source text: The Company’s stockholders, on a non-binding and advisory basis, voted to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796022/000179602223000059/0001796022-23-000059-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  StepStone Group Inc. shareholders approved Election of three Class III directors at the 2023-09-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-13
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected each of the Class III nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796022/000179602223000059/0001796022-23-000059-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  StepStone Group Inc. shareholders approved Approval of StepStone Group Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2023-09-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-13
  source text: The Company’s stockholders voted to approve the ESPP
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1796022/000179602223000059/0001796022-23-000059-index.htm

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