---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001856525-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNM"
cik: "0001856525"
company_name: "Core & Main, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T15:44:18.425494+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core & Main stockholders elect four Class II directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation

## Summary
- Elected B. Amirthalingam (222.0M votes for), O. Kimbrough (176.8M), M. Newman (219.6M), I. Rorick (219.1M) as Class II directors.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor with 220.7M votes for; only 3.4M against, 74k abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal received 213.7M votes for (95.9% of votes cast, excluding broker non-votes).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001856525-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNM
- cik: 0001856525
- company_name: Core & Main, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652523000035/0001856525-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652523000035/cnm-20230628.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Core & Main, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-28
  source text: Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 28, 2024 was ratified. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 220,695,091 3,393,666 74,325
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652523000035/0001856525-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Core & Main, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-06-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-28
  source text: Proposal No. 3 - Advisory Vote to Approved Named Executive Officer Compensation The stockholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 213,673,858 9,213,456 76,402 1,199,366
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652523000035/0001856525-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Core & Main, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class II directors at the 2023-06-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-28
  source text: Proposal No. 1 - Director Election The following four individuals were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as Class II directors until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, subject to earlier resignation or removal. Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Bhavani Amirthalingam 222,004,340 959,376 1,199,366 Orvin T. Kimbrough 176,830,423 46,133,293 1,199,366 Margaret M. Newman 219,575,672 3,388,044 1,199,366 Ian A. Rorick 219,118,871 3,844,845 1,199,366
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652523000035/0001856525-23-000035-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.