Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Extract: Bylaws Amendment (Plain English Desc) (Inactive) from a 8-K on 06/07/2023   Download
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Following the Annual Meeting (as defined below) on June 1, 2023, the Board of Directors of Ulta Beauty, Inc. (the “Company”) approved additional amendments of the Company’s Bylaws as follows:

Added a plurality carveout for contested elections (i.e., when the number of nominees for director is greater than the number of directors to be elected at the meeting) to Section 8 of Article II of the Company’s Bylaws;
Amended the advance notice provisions of the Company’s Bylaws (i.e., Section 11 of Article II and Section 2 of Article III of Ulta’s Bylaws) to mandate derivatives disclosure;
Revised Section 5 of Article II of the Company’s Bylaws (relating to stockholder lists) to match the changes made to Section 219 of the Delaware General Corporation Law relating to stockholder lists; and
Made a few minor edits to the advance notice provisions of the Company’s Bylaws to better coordinate with the proxy access provisions added to the Company’s Bylaws in June 2020.

Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 1, 2023, the Company held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals:

The election of Michelle L. Collins, Patricia A. Little, Heidi G. Petz and Michael C. Smith as Class I directors;
An amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors and provide for the annual election of directors;
Amendments to the Company’s Bylaws to provide that directors may be removed by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors and, if Proposal 2 is approved, with or without cause;
An amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to replace all supermajority voting standards for amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation with a majority standard;
An amendment to the Company’s Bylaws to replace all supermajority voting standards for amendments to the Bylaws with a majority standard;
The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year 2023, ending February 3, 2024;
An advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation; and
An advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation.