Current Report Filing (8-k)

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)

July 15, 2020

Box, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-36805

20-2714444

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

900 Jefferson Ave.

Redwood City, California 94063

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(877) 729-4269

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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

Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

BOX

New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

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.

On July 15, 2020, Box, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which is more fully described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2020, as supplemented on June 25, 2020:

To elect three Class III directors to serve until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and

To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending January 31, 2021.

Holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on May 20, 2020 (the “Record Date”).

Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of shares of Class A Common Stock representing an aggregate of 124,256,607 votes, or more than 80% of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares as of the Record Date, entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.

The voting results for each of these proposals are detailed below.

1. Election of Directors


Nominee	For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Sue Barsamian		74,721,070		28,524,017		21,011,520
Carl Bass		102,280,453		964,634		21,011,520
Jack Lazar		101,845,151		1,399,936		21,011,520

Each director nominee was duly elected as a Class III director to serve until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

2.	Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers


For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
102,010,741	1,057,363	176,983	21,011,520

The stockholders advised that they were in favor of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
123,318,689	793,348	144,570	—

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending January 31, 2021 was ratified.

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.