Scholastic Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(e) On September 17, 2025, Scholastic Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s Class A stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Management Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock that the Company will have authority to grant under the plan by an additional 100,000 shares of common stock (up to a total authorization of 700,000 shares). A description of the 2008 Management Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting, which was filed on August 8, 2025 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”), in the section entitled “PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE SCHOLASTIC CORPORATION MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN”, which is incorporated herein by reference. The description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 2 to the Scholastic Corporation Management Stock Purchase Plan, a copy of which is attached to the Definitive Proxy Statement as Appendix B.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its Annual Meeting on September 17, 2025. The final results of voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of the security holders at the meeting are as follows:
Matters Voted Upon by Holders of Class A Stock
1. Nominees for Election to Board of Directors.
| For | Against | Withheld | ||||||||||||
| Andrés Alonso | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Dumont | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Alix Guerrier | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kaya Henderson | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Linda Li | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Iole Lucchese | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Verdell Walker | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Peter Warwick | 828,100 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2. Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Scholastic Corporation Outside Director’s Stock Incentive Plan.
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 828,100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
3. Approval of Amendment No. 2 to the Scholastic Corporation Management Stock Purchase Plan.
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||
| 828,100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
The shares of Class A Stock are not held through brokers and, accordingly, broker non-votes are not applicable.
Matters Voted Upon by Holders of Common Stock
1. Nominees for Election to Board of Directors.
| For | Against | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| Milena Alberti | 17,112,623 | 0 | 107,839 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James W. Barge | 9,212,518 | 0 | 8,007,944 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Anne Clarke Wolff | 17,109,120 | 0 | 111,342 | 0 | ||||||||||
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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.
| SCHOLASTIC CORPORATION | |||||||||||
| Date: September 22, 2025 | By: | /s/ Chris Lick | |||||||||
| Name: | Chris Lick | ||||||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||||
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