UNITED STATES
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
| (a) | The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Charles Schwab Corporation (“CSC”) was held on May 22, 2025. |
| (b) | All nominees for director were elected, and each nominee received more “for” votes than “against” votes cast for the nominee’s election. The proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as CSC’s independent auditors for the 2025 fiscal year was approved. The advisory vote on named executive officer (“NEO”) compensation was approved. The stockholder proposal requesting declassification of the board of directors (the “Board”) to elect each director annually was approved. The final voting results were as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote |
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| 1 Election of Directors |
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| (a) John K. Adams Jr. |
1,372,916,585 | 123,583,815 | 1,097,008 | 71,026,692 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Stephen A. Ellis |
1,330,678,070 | 165,823,399 | 1,095,940 | 71,026,692 | ||||||||||||
| (c) Arun Sarin |
1,291,772,746 | 203,860,457 | 1,964,206 | 71,026,692 | ||||||||||||
| (d) Charles R. Schwab |
1,424,198,356 | 71,056,124 | 2,342,928 | 71,026,692 | ||||||||||||
| (e) Paula A. Sneed |
1,316,423,016 | 180,134,830 | 1,039,562 | 71,026,692 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Ratification of the Selection of Deloitte as Independent Auditors |
1,474,620,681 | 93,491,681 | 511,738 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Advisory Vote to Approve NEO Compensation |
1,279,066,568 | 216,675,361 | 1,855,479 | 71,026,692 | ||||||||||||
| 4 Stockholder Proposal Requesting Declassification of the Board to Elect Each Director Annually |
1,257,131,866 | 238,836,436 | 1,629,107 | 71,026,692 | ||||||||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: May 23, 2025 | By: | /s/ Peter J. Morgan III | ||||
| Peter J. Morgan III | ||||||
| Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||