Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
OnMarch 29, 2022 , the Board of Directors (the "Board") ofThe Charles Schwab Corporation ("CSC") adoptedThe Charles Schwab Corporation 2022 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2022 Stock Incentive Plan"), subject to stockholder approval. At the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of CSC held onMay 17, 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"), CSC's stockholders approved the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan. A description of the material terms and conditions of the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan is set forth in the section entitled " Proposal Five: Approval of 2022 Stock Incentive Plan " on pages 71-77 of CSC's definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission onApril 1, 2022 , which description is incorporated herein by reference. Such description is qualified by reference to the full text of the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) The Annual Meeting was held on
shares of CSC voting common stock were present in person or represented
by proxy at the Annual Meeting. As of the close of business on
2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 1,816,003,557
shares of CSC voting common stock outstanding, with each share entitled
to one vote on each matter presented for consideration at the Annual
Meeting.
(b) All nominees for directors were elected, and each nominee received more
"for" votes than "against" votes cast for his or her election. The
proposal to amend CSC's Fifth Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), and Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended (the "Bylaws"), to declassify the Board,
which required the affirmative vote of 80% of all outstanding shares of
CSC's voting common stock, was not approved. The proposal to ratify of
the selection of
the 2022 fiscal year was approved. The advisory vote on named executive
officer compensation was approved. The proposal to approve the 2022 Stock
Incentive Plan was approved. The Board's proposal to amend the Bylaws to
adopt proxy access, which required the affirmative vote of 80% of all outstanding shares of CSC's voting common stock, was approved. The stockholder proposal requesting amendment to the Bylaws to adopt proxy
access was not approved. The stockholder proposal requesting disclosure
of lobbying policy, procedures and oversight, lobbying expenditures, and
participation in organizations engaged in lobbying was not approved. The
final voting results were as follows: Broker For Against Abstain Non-Vote 1 Election of Directors (a) John K. Adams, Jr. 1,591,270,097 17,076,753 634,660 35,075,990 (b) Stephen A. Ellis 1,541,356,577 66,966,902 658,031 35,075,990 (c) Brian M. Levitt 1,574,533,140 33,688,768 759,602 35,075,990 (d) Arun Sarin 1,466,490,268 141,841,227 650,015 35,075,990 (e) Charles R. Schwab 1,550,928,506 57,549,303 503,701 35,075,990 (f) Paula A. Sneed 1,523,676,597 77,497,845 7,807,068 35,075,990
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Broker For Against Abstain Non-Vote 2 Approval of amendments to
Certificate of Incorporation and 1,425,958,661 182,051,166 971,683 35,075,990
Bylaws to declassify the Board 3 Ratification of the selection of
independent auditors 1,551,491,318 91,993,339 572,843 0
4 Advisory vote to approve named
executive officer compensation 1,499,041,479 108,280,222 1,659,809 35,075,990 5 Approval of the 2022 Stock
Incentive Plan 1,556,189,076 51,876,293 916,141 35,075,990 6 Approval of the Board's proposal
to amend Bylaws to adopt proxy
access 1,595,101,275 12,739,560 1,140,675 35,075,990 7 Stockholder proposal requesting
amendment to Bylaws to adopt
proxy access 494,220,875 1,112,327,357 2,433,278 35,075,990 8 Stockholder proposal requesting
disclosure of lobbying policy,
procedures and oversight; 557,517,246
1,047,778,039 3,686,225 35,075,990
lobbying expenditures; and participation in organizations engaged in lobbying
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
10.1
ofMay 17, 2022 . 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
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