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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Approval of Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
On June 25, 2026, Box, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of Class A common stock of the Company reserved for issuance under the 2015 Plan by 7,200,000 shares (as amended, the “Amended 2015 Plan”). The material terms of the Amended 2015 Plan are set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”).
The description of the Amended 2015 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended 2015 Plan which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Each stockholder of record as of May 1, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), was entitled to one vote per share of Class A common stock and one vote per each share of Class A common stock underlying a share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock on an “as converted” basis. The Class A common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock voted together as a single class.
Present at the Annual Meeting virtually or by proxy were holders of shares of Class A common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock representing an aggregate of 130,866,316 votes, or 83.30% of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the Record Date, constituting a quorum. Summarized below are the final voting results for each proposal submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting:
Proposal 1 – Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders voted to elect three Class III directors to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, subject to earlier resignation or removal, with voting results as follows:
| Nominee |
For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Sue Barsamian |
81,577,727 | 40,434,489 | 687,877 | 8,166,223 | ||||||||||||
| Jack Lazar |
84,790,100 | 37,222,421 | 687,572 | 8,166,223 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Murphy |
85,772,652 | 36,239,683 | 687,758 | 8,166,223 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2 – Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. The Company’s stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement, with voting results as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstained |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 120,667,114 | 1,327,830 | 705,149 | 8,166,223 |
Proposal 3 – Approval of Amendment to Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. The Company’s stockholders voted to approve the Company’s Amended 2015 Plan, with voting results as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstained |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 75,004,119 | 46,994,892 | 701,082 | 8,166,223 |
Proposal 4 – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders voted 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, 2027, with voting results as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstained |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 125,758,742 | 4,420,159 | 687,415 | — |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Box, Inc. Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, effective June 25, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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: July 1, 2026 | BOX, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ David Leeb | |||||
| David Leeb | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||