Copart 8K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

December 6, 2024

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

COPART, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-23255

94-2867490

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

14185 Dallas Parkway

Suite 300

Dallas

Texas

75254

(Zip Code)

(972) 391-5000

Registrant's telephone number, including area code


Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001	CPRT	The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

Section 5 — Corporate Governance & Management


Item 5.07			Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Copart, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders on December 6, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”). Of the 963,374,800 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the record date of October 11, 2024, 878,056,482 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, constituting approximately 91% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the votes cast with respect to each such matter are set forth below.


1.	Election of Directors. The stockholders elected the following nominees to serve as directors, each to hold office until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

Nominee		Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Willis J. Johnson		793,896,942	32,406,605	474,308	51,278,627
A. Jayson Adair		798,365,504	27,964,853	447,498	51,278,627
Matt Blunt		789,391,971	33,209,923	4,175,961	51,278,627
Steven D. Cohan		750,120,422	72,494,971	4,162,462	51,278,627
Daniel J. Englander		729,934,542	92,279,361	4,563,952	51,278,627
James E. Meeks		791,349,390	31,259,453	4,169,012	51,278,627
Thomas N. Tryforos		780,604,225	45,309,311	864,319	51,278,627
Diane M. Morefield		716,115,258	107,344,316	3,318,281	51,278,627
Stephen Fisher		815,254,532	11,067,289	456,034	51,278,627
Cherylyn Harley LeBon		796,176,182	30,141,834	459,839	51,278,627
Carl D. Sparks		790,813,653	35,093,170	871,032	51,278,627
Jeffrey Liaw		814,383,359	11,944,596	449,900	51,278,627

Advisory Vote on Approval of Executive Compensation. On an advisory (non-binding) basis, the stockholders approved the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended July 31, 2024 as disclosed in our proxy statement, based on the following results of voting:


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
786,703,924	35,471,938	4,601,993	51,278,627

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2025, based on the following results of voting:


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
847,890,301	29,743,729	422,452	—

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.

Dated: December 12, 2024 COPART, INC.



						By:			/s/ Paul K. Kirkpatrick
									Paul K. Kirkpatrick
									Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary

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