Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October 31, 2022
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
COPART INC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
000-23255
94-2867490
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
14185 Dallas Parkway
Suite 300
Dallas
Texas
75254
(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001
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Section 5 — Corporate Governance & Management
Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On October 31, 2022, Copart, Inc.’s (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of our Certificate of Incorporation to, among other things, increase the number of authorized shares of common stock of Copart, Inc. from 400,000,000 to 1,600,000,000 (the “Restated Certificate”). We filed the Restated Certificate on October 31, 2022 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the Restated Certificate became effective upon filing.
The foregoing description of the Restated Certificate is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Certificate, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
We held our special meeting of stockholders on October 31, 2022 (the “Special Meeting”). Of the 238,060,246 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the record date of October 3, 2022, 209,284,728 shares were represented at the Special Meeting, either in person or by proxy, constituting approximately 87.91% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The matter voted on at the Special Meeting and the votes cast with respect to such matter are set forth below.
1. Authorized Share Increase. Amendment and restatement of our Certificate of Incorporation to, among other things, increase the number of shares of our common stock authorized for issuance from 400,000,000 shares to 1,600,000,000 shares, primarily to facilitate a 2-for-1 split of our common stock in the form of a stock dividend:
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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.
Dated: November 2, 2022 COPART, INC.
By:
/s/ Gavin Renfrew
Gavin Renfrew
Vice President of Global Accounting and Principal Financial Officer
