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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation
At the annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of United Rentals, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 4, 2023, stockholders approved amendments to the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) to improve shareholder written consent by reducing the share ownership threshold required to request a record date in connection with a stockholder written consent from 25% to 15% through an amendment to the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The amendments to the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective upon the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 4, 2023. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
In addition, on May 4, 2023, the Company filed a Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, integrating into a single instrument all of the provisions of the Fifth Restated Certificate of Incorporation which were then in effect and those amendments approved by the stockholders on May 4, 2023. The Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation only restated and integrated, and did not further amend, the provisions of the Fifth Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The foregoing description of the Company’s Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation is qualified in all respects by reference to the text of the Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 4, 2023, the Company held its Annual Meeting at which the stockholders voted: (i) upon the election of José B. Alvarez, Marc A. Bruno, Larry D. De Shon, Matthew J. Flannery, Bobby J. Griffin, Kim Harris Jones, Terri L. Kelly, Michael J. Kneeland, Francisco J. Lopez-Balboa, Gracia C. Martore and Shiv Singh to the Board for one-year terms; (ii) upon the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; (iii) on an advisory (non-binding) basis to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; (iv) on an advisory (non-binding) basis on whether an advisory vote on executive compensation should be held every year, every two years or every three years; (v) on a Company proposal to improve shareholder written consent (to amend the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the share ownership threshold to request a record date in connection with a stockholder written consent from 25% to 15%); and (vi) on a stockholder proposal to improve shareholder written consent.
The stockholders (i) elected all eleven directors, (ii) approved the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, (iii) approved (on a non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (iv) voted (on a non-binding basis) in favor of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation every year, (v) accepted the Company’s proposal to improve shareholder written consent (to amend the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the share ownership threshold to request a record date in connection with a stockholder written consent from 25% to 15%) and (vi) rejected a stockholder proposal to improve shareholder written consent.
The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the 2023 Annual Meeting are set forth below:
Proposal 1. Election of Directors.
Nominee |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
José B. Alvarez |
50,323,834 |
8,256,910 |
47,345 |
4,092,895 |
Marc A. Bruno |
55,972,103 |
2,620,234 |
35,752 |
4,092,895 |
Larry D. De Shon |
56,019,194 |
2,571,500 |
37,395 |
4,092,895 |
Matthew J. Flannery |
58,040,943 |
552,852 |
34,294 |
4,092,895 |
Bobby J. Griffin |
55,014,889 |
3,578,275 |
34,925 |
4,092,895 |
Kim Harris Jones |
57,819,931 |
776,091 |
32,067 |
4,092,895 |
Terri L. Kelly |
56,365,548 |
2,230,284 |
32,257 |
4,092,895 |
Michael J. Kneeland |
57,175,767 |
1,417,107 |
35,215 |
4,092,895 |
Francisco J. Lopez-Balboa |
58,173,666 |
419,625 |
34,798 |
4,092,895 |
Gracia C. Martore |
57,417,451 |
1,178,620 |
32,018 |
4,092,895 |
Shiv Singh |
56,018,193 |
2,574,087 |
35,809 |
4,092,895 |
Proposal 2. Ratification of Appointment of Public Accounting Firm.
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Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
59,853,510 |
2,828,777 |
38,697 |
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* Not applicable.
Proposal 3. Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation.
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Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
54,787,942 |
3,769,988 |
70,159 |
4,092,895 |
Proposal 4. Advisory Vote on Frequency of Executive Compensation Vote.
Every Year |
Every 2 Years |
Every 3 Years |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
57,126,756 |
82,792 |
1,378,597 |
39,944 |
4,092,895 |
As disclosed above, a substantial majority of the votes cast on Proposal 4 voted, on an advisory basis, to hold an advisory stockholder vote on executive compensation every year. In view of these voting results and in accordance with the Board’s recommendation, the Board has determined that an advisory vote on executive compensation will be submitted to stockholders every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation.
Proposal 5. Company Proposal to Improve Shareholder Written Consent (Amend Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Reduce Share Ownership Threshold to request a record date in connection with a stockholder written consent from 25% to 15%).
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Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
57,221,342 |
648,846 |
757,901 |
4,092,895 |
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Proposal 6. Stockholder Proposal to Improve Shareholder Written Consent.
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Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
19,609,458 |
38,795,895 |
222,736 |
4,092,895 |
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation of United Rentals, Inc., effective May 4, 2023 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 4, 2023
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UNITED RENTALS, INC. |
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By: /s/ Joli L. Gross |
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Name: Joli L. Gross Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA) , INC. |
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By: /s/ Joli L. Gross |
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Name: Joli L. Gross Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE FIFTH RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
UNITED RENTALS, INC.
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Pursuant to Section 242
of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware
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United Rentals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that the following amendments to the Fifth Restated Certificate of Incorporation of United Rentals, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 7, 2020 (the “Charter”) have been duly approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
That Paragraph B of Article XI of the Charter be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
B. Request for Record Date. The record date for determining stockholders entitled to authorize or take corporate action by Consent shall be as fixed by the Board of Directors or as otherwise established under this Article XI. Any stockholder seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by Consent shall, by written notice addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to the principal executive offices of the Corporation and signed by the stockholders of record owning not less than 15% of all the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with the applicable requirements of the By-Laws of the Corporation, who shall continue to own not less than 15% of all the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation through the date of delivery of Consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to authorize or take such action and who shall not revoke such request, request that a record date be fixed for such purpose (each such notice, a “Request”). The Request must contain the information set forth in Section C of this Article XI. By the later of (i) 20 days after delivery of a valid Request and (ii) five days after delivery of any information requested by the Corporation pursuant to Section C of this Article XI, the Board of Directors shall determine the validity of the Request and whether the Request relates to an action that may be authorized or taken by Consent pursuant to this Article XI and, if appropriate, adopt a resolution fixing the record date for such purpose. The record date for such purpose shall be no more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and shall not precede the date such resolution is adopted. If the Request has been determined to be valid and to relate to an action that may be authorized or taken by Consent pursuant to this Article XI, or if such no determination shall have been made by the date required by this Article XI, and in either event no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date shall be the date on which the first signed Consent is delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in Section G of this Article XI; except that, if prior action by the Board of Directors is required under the provisions of the law of the State of Delaware, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
That Paragraph C of Article XI of the Charter be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
C. Request Requirements. Any Request (i) must be delivered by the stockholders of record owning not less than 15% of all the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, as determined in accordance with applicable requirements of the By-Laws of the Corporation (with documentary evidence of such ownership attached to the Request, including, if the record holders submitting such Request are not the beneficial owners of such shares, documentary evidence that the beneficial owners on whose behalf the Request is submitted beneficially own at least 15% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation), who shall continue to own not less than 15% of all the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation through the date of delivery of Consents and who shall not revoke such request, signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to authorize or take such action; (ii) must describe the action proposed to be authorized or taken by Consent; and (iii) must contain (a) such other information and representations, to the extent applicable, then required by the By-laws of the Corporation as though each stockholder submitting such Request was submitting a notice of a nomination for election to the Board of Directors or of other business to be brought before a meeting of stockholders, (b) the text of the proposal (including the text of any resolutions to be adopted by Consent and the language of any proposed amendment to the By-Laws of the Corporation), and (c) the agreement of the requesting stockholders required by the By-Laws of the Corporation. The Board of Directors
may require the stockholders submitting a Request to furnish such other information as it may require to determine the validity of the Request. Stockholders seeking to authorize or take action by Consent shall update the information provided in the Request as required by the By-Laws of the Corporation with respect to information provided concerning nominations for elections to the board or other business at stockholders meetings.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 4th day of May, 2023.
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UNITED RENTALS, INC. |
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By: /s/ Joli L. Gross |
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Name: Joli L. Gross Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit 3.2
SIXTH RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF UNITED RENTALS, INC.
United Rentals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:
ARTICLE I.
The name of the Corporation is United Rentals, Inc.
ARTICLE II.
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III.
The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series of Preferred Stock shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following: (a) the number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series; (b) the dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends shall be cumulative, and if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series; (c) whether that series shall have voting rights in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and if so, the terms of such voting rights; (d) whether that series shall have conversion privileges, and if so, the terms and conditions of such privileges, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine; (e) whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates; (f) whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and if so, the terms and the amount of such sinking funds; (g) the rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series; and (h) any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that series.
ARTICLE IV.
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE V.
ARTICLE VI.
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by and under the direction of the Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Board may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or this Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
ARTICLE VII.
The By-Laws of the Corporation may provide, without limitation, requirements relating to the notice and conduct of annual meetings, special meetings, and the nomination and election of directors of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law or in this Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board (and any committee of the Board) is expressly authorized, to the extent permitted by law, to take such action or actions as the Board or such committee may determine to be reasonably necessary or desirable to (a) encourage any person to enter into negotiations with the Board and management of the Corporation with respect to any transaction which may result in a change in control of the Corporation which is proposed or initiated by such person or (b) contest or oppose any such transaction which the Board or such committee determines to be unfair, abusive or otherwise undesirable with respect to the Corporation and its business, assets or properties or the stockholders of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the adoption of plans or the issuance of rights, options, capital stock, notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness or other securities of the Corporation, which rights, options, capital stock, notes, evidences of indebtedness and other securities (i) may be exchangeable for or convertible into cash or other securities on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board or such committee and (ii) may provide that any holder or class of holders thereof designated by the Board or any such committee will be treated differently than all other holders in respect of the terms, conditions, provisions and rights of such securities.
ARTICLE IX.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders must be taken at a duly called and convened annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders or may be effected by a consent in writing by the stockholders of the Corporation as provided by, and subject to the limitations in, Article XI of this Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statute) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE X.
A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.
ARTICLE XI.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Sixth Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its duly authorized officer this 4th day of May, 2023.
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United Rentals, Inc. |
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By: /s/ Joli L. Gross |
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Name: Joli L. Gross Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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