Item 5.03 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
OnMay 18, 2023 ,CDW Corporation (the "Company") held the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company approved amendments to the Company's Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") (i) to allow stockholders the right to call special meetings (the "Special Meeting Right Amendment") and (ii) to reflect newDelaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation (collectively, the "Amendments"), as further described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission onApril 7, 2023 . The Amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation became effective upon the filing of the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation") with the Secretary of State of theState of Delaware onMay 18, 2023 . The foregoing summary of the Amendments does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the stockholders of the Company approving the Special Meeting Right Amendment, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, the "Bylaws") that specify the procedures for stockholder-requested special meetings, which also became effective onMay 18, 2023 . The Bylaws require the Company to call a special meeting of its stockholders at the request of stockholders representing at least 25% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the Company's common stock. The proponent for the special meeting request and such proponent's affiliates must have continuously held the shares included in meeting the 25% ownership for at least one year prior to the date of the special meeting request. The right to call a special meeting is subject to specified information, timing and other requirements intended to ensure that stockholders receive adequate information in connection with a special meeting, to improve transparency and to avoid unnecessary waste of resources that would result from holding multiple stockholder meetings in a short time period. The foregoing summary of the amendments effected by the Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Bylaws, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a stockholder vote
at the Annual Meeting held on
1. The stockholders elected ten directors with terms expiring at the
Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, subject to the election
and qualification of their successors, based on the following voting results: Votes Votes Broker For Against Abstentions Non-Votes Election of Directors Virginia C. Addicott 118,708,376 165,121 55,122 6,125,587 James A. Bell 118,076,455 794,814 57,350 6,125,587 Lynda M. Clarizio 116,935,043 1,936,901 56,675 6,125,587 Anthony R. Foxx 117,257,908 1,613,747 56,964 6,125,587 Marc E. Jones 118,736,017 135,736 56,866 6,125,587 Christine A. Leahy 112,258,349 6,474,082 196,188 6,125,587 Sanjay Mehrotra 114,828,203 4,044,470 55,946 6,125,587 David W. Nelms 117,921,097 949,607 57,915 6,125,587 Joseph R. Swedish 117,027,504 1,808,936 92,179 6,125,587 Donna F. Zarcone 116,852,335 1,997,912 78,372 6,125,587 2. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, based on the following voting results: Votes Votes Broker For Against Abstentions Non-Votes Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation 106,464,071 12,397,021
67,527 6,125,587
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3. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, one year as the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, based on the following voting results: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstentions Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation 117,161,889 90,843 1,627,234 48,653 4. The stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2023 , based on the following voting results: Votes Votes For Against Abstentions Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 123,221,918 1,777,337 54,951
5. The stockholders approved the amendment to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation to allow stockholders the right to call special meetings,
based on the following voting results: Votes Votes Broker For Against Abstentions Non-Votes Approval of the Amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to Allow Stockholders the Right to Call Special Meetings 118,549,481 329,306 49,832 6,125,587
6. The stockholders approved the amendment to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation to reflect newDelaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation, based on the following voting results: Votes Votes Broker For Against Abstentions Non-Votes Approval of the Amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to Reflect New Delaware Law Provisions Regarding Officer Exculpation 99,201,640 19,209,648
517,331 6,125,587
In accordance with the recommendation of the Board and based on the results of the stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as reported above, the Board has determined that the Company will hold a stockholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers on an annual basis until the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 3.1 Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ofCDW Corporation 3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws ofCDW Corporation 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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