Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ofCoStar Group, Inc. (the "Company") held onJune 2, 2021 (the "Annual Meeting"), upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), stockholders approved adoption of the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Fourth A&R Charter"), which increases the total number of shares of common stock, par value$0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), that the Company is authorized to issue from 60 million to 1.2 billion and correspondingly increases the total number of shares of capital stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 62 million to 1.202 billion. The Fourth A&R Charter became effective upon filing with the Secretary ofState of Delaware onJune 7, 2021 .
The foregoing description of the terms of the Fourth A&R Charter does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Fourth A&R Charter, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The following items, which are more fully described in our proxy statement datedApril 19, 2021 , were submitted to a vote of the stockholders ofCoStar Group at the Annual Meeting held onJune 2, 2021 . The final voting results are as follows: 1.The following nominees were elected to our Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the Company's stockholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified:Michael R. Klein ,Andrew C. Florance ,Laura Cox Kaplan ,Michael J. Glosserman ,John W. Hill ,Robert W. Musslewhite ,Christopher J. Nassetta andLouise S. Sams . Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Michael R. Klein 32,884,873 2,315,626 12,974 735,922 Andrew C. Florance 34,992,281 209,568 11,624 735,922 Laura Cox Kaplan 34,951,131 249,759 12,583 735,922 Michael J. Glosserman 34,311,325 889,202 12,946 735,922 % OF John W. Hill 35,114,092 86,492 12,889 735,922 Robert W. Musslewhite 35,141,218 59,383 12,872 735,922 Christopher J. Nassetta 33,094,479 2,106,106 12,888 735,922 Louise S. Sams 35,146,698 54,019 12,756 735,922 2.The appointment ofErnst & Young, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2021 was ratified upon the following vote: Votes For 35,225,473 Votes Against 716,305 Abstentions 7,617 3.The advisory resolution on executive compensation was approved upon the following vote: Votes For 29,439,165 Votes Against 5,532,238 Abstentions 242,070 Broker Non-Votes 735,922
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.The adoption of the Fourth A&R Charter was approved upon the following vote: Votes For 34,823,653 Votes Against 1,103,178 Abstentions 22,564 5.The amendment and restatement of the CoStar Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance thereunder was approved upon the following vote: Votes For 35,180,853 Votes Against 28,472 Abstentions 4,148 Broker Non-Votes 735,922 6.The stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote was approved upon the following vote: Votes For 28,897,944 Votes Against 6,279,720 Abstentions 35,809 Broker Non-Votes 735,922
Item 8.01. Other Events.
OnJune 7, 2021 , the Board approved and declared a 10-for-1 stock split in the form of a stock dividend. The Board setJune 17, 2021 as the record date for the stock dividend. Each shareholder of record at the close of business on the record date will receive nine additional shares of Common Stock for each then-held share of Common Stock. The dividend shares are scheduled to be distributed after the close of trading onJune 25, 2021 . A copy of the press release announcing the stock split is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits Exhibit No. DescriptionCoStar Group, Inc. Fourth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation,
3.1 datedJune 7, 2021 . 99.1 Press release, datedJune 7, 2021 , issued byCoStar Group, Inc. The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline 104 XBRL.
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