UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 2, 2014
COPART, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-23255 | 94-2867490 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75254
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(972) 391-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Board of Directors of Copart, Inc. (the “Company”) previously adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Copart, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). At the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on December 3, 2014, the stockholders of the Company approved and ratified the ESPP.
The terms and conditions of the ESPP are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2014 (the “Proxy Statement”). The ESPP is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Fiscal 2015 Base Salaries
On December 2, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Company approved the annual base salaries for fiscal 2015 for the Company’s named executive officers. Following is a summary of the annual base salaries for fiscal 2015 for our named executive officers.
| Name | Position |
Annual Base Salary (Fiscal 2015) |
|
A. Jayson Adair
|
Chief Executive Officer | $1 (1) |
|
Vincent W. Mitz
|
President | $1 (1) |
|
William E. Franklin
|
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $400,000 (2) |
|
Robert H. Vannuccini
|
Senior Vice President, Sales, and Chief Sales Officer | $310,000 (3) |
| Paul A. Styer | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | $295,000 (4) |
| (1) | Represents no change in annual base salary from fiscal 2014 base salary. In connection with the grant of stock options on December 16, 2013 to Messrs. Adair and Mitz, as described in greater detail in the Proxy Statement, Messrs. Adair and Mitz agreed to forego all salary and bonus compensation, other than $1 per year, until their respective options were fully vested. | |
| (2) | Represents no change in annual base salary from fiscal 2014 base salary. | |
| (3) | Represents an increase of approximately 5.1% in annual base salary, effective as of November 23, 2014. | |
| (4) | Represents an increase of approximately 3.5% in annual base salary, effective as of November 23, 2014. |
Fiscal 2014 Bonuses
On December 2, 2014, the Compensation Committee approved cash bonuses for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2014 for the Company’s named executive officers. As indicated in footnote (1) to the Summary Compensation Table contained in the Proxy Statement, the “Bonus” amounts were omitted from the Summary Compensation Table for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2014 because the amount of the cash bonuses had not been determined at the time of filing the Proxy Statement. All other compensation for the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal 2014 was reported by the Company in the Summary Compensation Table on page 43 of the Proxy Statement. Pursuant to Item 5.02(f) of Form 8-K, the cash bonus awards for the named executive officers for fiscal 2014 are set forth below together with the new total compensation amount, as applicable.
| Name and Principal Position | Fiscal Year | Bonus ($) | New Total ($) | |||
|
A. Jayson Adair Chief Executive Officer |
2014 | _ | No change | |||
|
Vincent W. Mitz President |
2014 | _ | No change | |||
|
William E. Franklin Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
2014 | 200,000 | 2,622,923 | |||
|
Robert H. Vannuccini Senior Vice President, Sales and Chief Sales Officer |
2014 | 126,050 | 1,129,238 | |||
|
Paul A. Styer Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
2014 | 140,821 | 1,135,894 | |||
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Company’s Annual Meeting, of the 126,242,365 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of October 6, 2014, 121,560,408 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, constituting 96.29% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the votes cast with respect to each such matter are set forth below.
| 1. | Election of Directors. The stockholders elected the following nominees to serve as directors, each to hold office until the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified: |
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Willis J. Johnson | 106,224,936 | 7,514,921 | 7,820,551 | ||||
| A. Jayson Adair | 110,645,163 | 3,094,694 | 7,820,551 | ||||
| Matt Blunt | 110,526,805 | 3,213,052 | 7,820,551 | ||||
| Steven D. Cohan | 109,910,888 | 3,828,969 | 7,820,551 | ||||
| Daniel J. Englander | 106,381,053 | 7,358,804 | 7,820,551 | ||||
| James E. Meeks | 99,908,873 | 13,830,984 | 7,820,551 | ||||
| Vincent W. Mitz | 101,929,002 | 11,810,855 | 7,820,551 | ||||
| Thomas N. Tryforos | 112,332,445 | 1,407,412 | 7,820,551 |
| 2. | Approval of the Copart, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The stockholders approved the Copart, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 113,231,215 | 385,064 | 123,578 | 7,820,551 |
| 3. | Advisory Vote on Approval of Executive Compensation. On an advisory (non-binding) basis, the stockholders approved the compensation of our named executive officers for the year ended July 31, 2014 as disclosed in our proxy statement: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
| 67,697,105 | 45,540,714 | 502,038 | 7,820,551 | |||||||
| 4. | Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Copart’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2015, based on the following results of voting: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
| 117,838,407 | 3,671,531 | 50,470 | None | |||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 |
Copart, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| COPART, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Paul A. Styer | ||
|
Paul A. Styer Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary | |||
Date: December 4, 2014
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 |
Copart, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
|