Company: QXO-PB
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011886
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Company: QXO, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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3, did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period through March 25, 2025, there were no (1) disagreements (within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to Marcum’s satisfaction, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreement in connection with its report, or (2) reportable events (within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K). Required Vote Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote. Recommendation OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, enacted in July 2010, and Section 14A of the Exchange Act, require that we provide our stockholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement in accordance with the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC. Accordingly, we are asking our stockholders to approve the following advisory resolution: “ RESOLVED, that the stockholders of QXO, Inc. (the “company”) hereby approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Executive Compensation section, compensation tables and narrative discussion set forth in the Proxy Statement for the company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.” We encourage stockholders to review the Executive Compensation section, the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosures included in this Proxy Statement. As described in detail we believe our compensation programs appropriately reward executive performance and