Upbound Group Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 3, 2025, Upbound Group, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three matters: (1) the election or re-election of the directors nominated by the Company’s board of directors, (2) the ratification of the Audit & Risk Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025, and (3) the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Proposal One: Having received more than a majority of votes cast at the meeting, each of the individuals named below was elected or re-elected as a director:
Nominee | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Jeffrey Brown | 46,639,794 | 669,969 | 63,887 | 5,029,686 | ||||
Charu Jain | 47,045,920 | 252,809 | 74,921 | 5,029,686 | ||||
Fahmi Karam | 47,236,986 | 84,755 | 51,909 | 5,029,686 | ||||
Molly Langenstein | 46,751,734 | 567,601 | 54,315 | 5,029,686 | ||||
Harold Lewis | 47,059,967 | 249,032 | 64,651 | 5,029,686 | ||||
Glenn Marino | 46,517,555 | 778,514 | 77,581 | 5,029,686 | ||||
Carol McFate | 46,674,262 | 637,300 | 62,088 | 5,029,686 |
Proposal Two: The selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified with voting on the proposal as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
52,277,101 | 77,899 | 48,336 | 0 |
Proposal Three: The compensation of the named executive officers of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024 was approved, on an advisory basis, as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
46,396,548 | 866,171 | 110,931 | 5,029,686 |
SIGNATURES
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.
UPBOUND GROUP, INC. | ||
Date: June 3, 2025 | By: | /s/ Bryan Pechersky |
Bryan Pechersky | ||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |