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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · ServiceNow (NOW)

ServiceNow shareholders elect directors, approve 38 million share equity plan increase

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

At its annual meeting on May 21, 2026, ServiceNow shareholders elected nine directors and approved an increase of 38,000,000 shares in the reserve under its Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Shareholders also rejected a proposal on the right to act by written consent and chose to hold advisory votes on executive compensation every year.

Key points

  • Equity plan: shareholders approved 38,000,000 additional shares, with 736,442,496 votes for and 30,632,622 against.
  • Written consent: a shareholder proposal was rejected, with 486,029,473 votes against and 280,696,983 for.
  • Executive pay: 2025 named executive officer compensation was approved, with 654,688,799 votes for and 110,903,457 against.
  • Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified for the year ending December 31, 2026, with 862,140,873 votes for.

The filing

CompanyServiceNow (NOW)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 22, 2026, 4:41 PM ET
Accession number0001373715-26-000065

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 22, 2026.

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