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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Cogent Communications Holdings (CCOI)

Cogent Communications stockholders approve directors, 1.5 million more plan shares

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

At its May 7, 2025 annual meeting, Cogent Communications stockholders re-elected all eight nominated directors, approved a Second Amended and Restated 2017 Incentive Award Plan, and approved amended bylaws that set the board at six to eight directors. Stockholders also ratified Ernst & Young LLP as auditor and approved named executive officer compensation.

Key points

  • Plan adds 1.5 million shares and extends the award period to May 7, 2035
  • Board size set at not less than six nor more than eight directors, with the exact number fixed by the board
  • Eight directors elected; Dave Schaeffer received 40,232,177 FOR votes and Eve Howard 40,589,554
  • Say-on-pay FOR votes were 35,794,728 against 4,611,544 AGAINST

The filing

CompanyCogent Communications Holdings (CCOI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 8, 2025, 12:19 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-046003

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.03 Bylaw / Charter Amendment5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 2:07 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 08, 2025.

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