Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 11, 2024, Plaintiff Eric Miller ("Plaintiff"), on behalf of a putative class of stockholders of Nominal Defendant ABM Industries Incorporated (the "Company"), filed a Verified Class Action Complaint (the "Action") in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "Court"), alleging that the directors of the Company breached their fiduciary duties by adopting amended and restated bylaws of the Company on June 13, 2023, which were alleged to impose unreasonable disclosure and informational requirements on parties nominating a dissident director. The Company also received two demands pursuant to 8 Del. C.§ 220 on behalf of purported shareholders Robert Garfield and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, respectively (together, the "220 Actions") raising allegations similar to those raised by Plaintiff's Complaint.
On March 27, 2024, the Company modified the provisions challenged by Plaintiff's Complaint, among other provisions, by amending and restating its Amended and Restated Bylaws in the form filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 27, 2024 (the "Reforms").
The Company denies and continues to deny all allegations of wrongdoing in the Action and the 220 Actions. Plaintiff, Mr. Garfield, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, and the Company agreed that the Reforms rendered Plaintiff's claims and the 220 Actions moot. The Company subsequently agreed to pay $325,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses in full satisfaction of any and all claims by Plaintiff, Mr. Garfield, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and their respective counsel for fees and expenses in the Action and the 220 Actions. In making this decision, the Company considered various factors, including the cost and time associated with litigation.
On September 10, 2024, the Court entered an order closing the Action, subject to the Company filing an affidavit with the Court confirming that this Current Report on Form 8-K, which shall constitute notice to the putative class for purposes of Rule 23, has been filed with the Commission.
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