Charles Schwab 8-K 2025-05-22

Form 8-K

Filed 2025-05-23. 1 sections, 5K characters. Original on sec.gov · Markdown · JSON

THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION

Date: May 23, 2025

/s/ Peter J. Morgan III

Peter J. Morgan III

Managing Director, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2025

The Charles Schwab Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		1-9700		94-3025021
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)


3000 Schwab Way Westlake, Texas				76262
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 859-5000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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 - $.01 par value per share	SCHW	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of 5.95% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D	SCHW PrD	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of 4.450% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series J	SCHW PrJ	New York Stock Exchange

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. ☐

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
1 Election of Directors
(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.