8-K

Toll Brothers, Inc. (TOL)

8-K 2025-03-12 For: 2025-03-11
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 11, 2025

Toll Brothers, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware 001-09186 23-2416878
(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation) (Commission<br>File Number) (IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)
1140 Virginia Drive Fort Washington PA 19034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 938-8000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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 $0.01 per share TOL The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.03     Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

As described under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) held on March 11, 2025, the stockholders of Toll Brothers, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a proposed amendment (the “Amendment”) to Article Five, Part IV of the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to provide that a majority, rather than 66-2/3%, of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, may remove any director from office, with or without cause. The Amendment is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Schedule 14A in connection with the Annual Meeting. This description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as Amended (“Certificate of Amendment”), which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The Company filed the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 11, 2025.

Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting on March 11, 2025. There were 99,888,815 shares of common stock eligible to vote at the meeting. The final voting results for each proposal submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders are as follows:

Proposal One – Election of Directors:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES
Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. 76,097,010 2,369,313 116,818 9,300,406
Stephen F. East 78,120,808 340,428 121,905 9,300,406
Christine N. Garvey 76,720,414 1,743,254 119,473 9,300,406
Karen H. Grimes 77,589,965 850,195 142,981 9,300,406
Derek T. Kan 78,118,469 344,729 119,943 9,300,406
John A. McLean 77,163,779 1,299,409 119,953 9,300,406
Wendell E. Pritchett 77,612,251 850,250 120,640 9,300,406
Judith A. Reinsdorf 78,114,248 349,597 119,296 9,300,406
Katherine M. Sandstrom 72,331,847 6,131,568 119,726 9,300,406
Paul E. Shapiro 75,668,073 2,797,497 117,571 9,300,406
Scott D. Stowell 77,619,612 842,095 121,434 9,300,406

Proposal Two – Ratification of the Re-Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
85,401,045 2,360,566 121,936

Proposal Three – Advisory and Non-Binding Vote on Executive Compensation (Say on Pay):

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES
76,416,527 1,991,908 174,706 9,300,406

Proposal Four - Approval of Amendment to the Toll Brothers, Inc. Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as Amended

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES
78,270,776 261,834 50,531 9,300,406

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d). Exhibits

Exhibit

No.     Item

3.1*    Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation

104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

* Filed electronically herewith

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.

TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
Dated: March 12, 2025 By: /s/ Michael J. Grubb
Michael J. Grubb<br>Senior Vice President,<br>Chief Accounting Officer

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Document

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO

SECOND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TOLL BROTHERS, INC.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the General

Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

TOLL BROTHERS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Company”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on December 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted resolutions that declared advisable and recommended to the stockholders of the Company the following amendment to Article Five, Part IV of the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and directed that such amendment be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for their approval at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 11, 2025:

Article Five, Part IV of the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

PART IV – REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

Any Director may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class.

SECOND: At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 11, 2025, held pursuant to the notice required by Section 222 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, not less than 66-2/3% of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon approved the foregoing amendment to Article Five, Part IV of the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

THIRD: The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this certificate to be signed, under penalty of perjury, by Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., its Chief Executive Officer, and attested by Kevin J. Coen, its Secretary, on March 11, 2025, and does confirm that this Certificate of Amendment is the act of the Company and that the statements made herein are true.

TOLL BROTHERS, INC.

By:    /s/ Douglas C. Yearley, Jr.

Douglas C. Yearley, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:    By:    /s/ Kevin J. Coen

Kevin J. Coen

Secretary