EPAM Systems holders approve right to call special meetings and expand equity plan share pools
At its May 21, 2026 annual meeting, EPAM stockholders approved an amendment that lets stockholders call a special meeting, and the company's charter and bylaws were updated to reflect this. Stockholders also approved adding 4,000,000 shares to the 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan and 650,000 shares to the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which increases the shares available for issuance under those plans.
Key points
- Special meeting amendment approved: 42,309,922 votes for and 2,339,440 against, effective May 21, 2026.
- Stockholder proposal on calling special meetings was not approved: 20,002,319 for and 25,953,614 against.
- 2025 Plan share reserve increased by 4,000,000 shares; 2021 ESPP share reserve increased by 650,000 shares.
- Balazs Fejes, Eugene Roman, Jill Smart and Ronald Vargo elected as Class II directors through the 2027 annual meeting.
The filing
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