Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers

At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Jacobs Solutions Inc. ("the Company") held on January 24, 2023, (the "Annual Meeting"), the Company's shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Jacobs Solutions Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (as so amended and restated, the "Amended Plan"). The Amended Plan was approved by the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") on November 17, 2022, subject to the approval of the Company's shareholders, and became effective with such shareholder approval on January 24, 2023. Upon such approval, the Amended Plan, among other things, extended the term of the plan for an additional ten years, revised the share counting provision so that "full value" awards (i.e. awards other than stock options or stock appreciation rights) granted after January 24, 2023 will count against the share reserve on a 1:1 basis, and made certain other clarifying and administrative changes, including clarifying that all awards are subject to a one-year minimum vesting period and changing the name of the plan to the "Jacobs Solutions Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan".

For a description of the material terms of the Amended Plan, see "Proposal 4" in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2022 (the "Proxy Statement"). The foregoing description of the Amended Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matter to a Vote of Security Holders

As described above, the Company held its Annual Meeting on January 24, 2023, The Company's shareholders voted on five proposals that are described in detail in the Proxy Statement. Set forth below are the matters the stockholders voted on and the final voting results.

Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors



                                 For            Against         Abstain
Steven J. Demetriou            97,517,690        3,489,535        88,939
Christopher M.T. Thompson      97,273,064        3,723,699        99,401
Priya Abani                    99,358,629        1,638,399        99,136
General Vincent K. Brooks      98,453,629        2,540,235       102,300
General Ralph E. Eberhart      89,538,445       11,453,118       104,601
Manny Fernandez                99,878,667        1,119,380        98,117
Georgette D. Kiser             98,658,120        2,334,643       103,401
Barbara l. Loughran           100,233,942          771,099        91,123
Robert A. McNamara            100,176,430          560,092       359,642
Robert V. Pragada             100,586,781          419,484        89,899
Peter J. Robertson             92,632,560        8,344,315       119,289

There were 9,918,811 broker non-votes in the election of directors.

Proposal No. 2: Advisory Vote to Approve the Company's Executive Compensation



   For        Against    Abstain
96,761,475   3,994,902   339,787

There were 9,918,811 broker non-votes on the proposal.

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Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes on the Company's Executive Compensation



  1 Year     2 Years    3 Years    Abstain
99,516,384   118,044   1,344,981   116,755

There were 9,918,811 broker non-votes on the proposal.

Proposal No. 4: Vote to Approve the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan



   For        Against    Abstain
97,352,385   3,572,245   171,534

There were 9,918,811 broker non-votes on the proposal.

Proposal No. 5: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 29, 2023



    For        Against    Abstain
107,808,413   3,055,736   150,826

There were no broker non-votes on the proposal.

Item 8.01 Other Events

Completion of CEO Succession Plan

As previously announced, Bob Pragada has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective January 24, 2023. In addition, as described above under Item 5.07, at the Company's Annual Meeting held on January 24, 2023, Mr. Pragada was elected by the Company's shareholders to serve as a member of the Board.

Changes to Composition of Committees of the Board

Effective as of January 24, 2023, Ms. Priya Abani was added as a member of the Audit Committee.

Share Repurchase Authorization

On January 25, 2023, the Board authorized an incremental $1 billion share repurchase program. The duration of the new share repurchase program is three years. The exact number of shares, the timing and method of such purchases and the price and terms at and on which such purchases are made will be determined from time to time at the discretion of the Company and there can be no assurance of repurchases, as they depend upon a variety of factors including changes in market conditions and economic circumstances, availability of investment opportunities, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of our financing needs in the future, currency fluctuations, the market price of the Company's common stock and the suspension or discontinuation of the share repurchase program, among others. The new share repurchase program replaces the Company's prior share repurchase program. The program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

Dividend

On January 25, 2023, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend payable to shareholders in the amount of $0.26 per share of the Company's common stock. This represents an13% increase in the quarterly dividend. This dividend will be paid on March 24, 2023 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 24, 2023. Future dividend payments are subject to review and approval by the Board.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:



10.1      Jacobs Solution Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
        effective January 24, 2023

104     Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded
        within the Inline XBRL document

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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.



Dated: January 27, 2023

JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC.

By:   /s/ Kevin C. Berryman
      Kevin C. Berryman

President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

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