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

On May 21, 2020, Daseke, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). As of March 25, 2020, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 64,598,025 shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A summary of the matters voted upon by the Company's stockholders and the final voting results for each such matter are set forth below.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

Each of the following persons was duly elected by the Company's stockholders to serve as a director on the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") until the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified or his earlier death, resignation or removal, with votes as follows:





Nominee                   For            Withhold       Broker Non-Votes
Brian Bonner            27,324,496       11,555,203                 -
Charles F. Serianni     31,588,916       7,290,783                  -
Jonathan Shepko         27,912,033       10,967,666                 -

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:





    For            Against        Abstained      Broker Non-Votes
  35,904,427       2,963,464         11,808                  -

Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation

The executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" and related executive compensation tables of the proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting was not approved by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:





    For           Against         Abstained      Broker Non-Votes
  9,507,781       29,350,769         21,149                  -

Proposal 4 - Amendment and Restatement of the Daseke, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan

The amendment and restatement of the Daseke, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan was not approved by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:





    For           Against         Abstained      Broker Non-Votes
  9,809,504       29,060,464         9,731                   -

Proposal 5 - Amendment to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as Amended, to Declassify the Board and Restatement of the Daseke, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan

The adoption of an amendment to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to declassify the Board was approved by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:





    For          Against       Abstained      Broker Non-Votes
  38,839,085       35,132         5,482                   -

Proposal 6 - Advisory Vote on Stockholder Proposal Seeking to Cause the Repeal of the Classification of the Board

A stockholder proposal seeking to cause the repeal of the classification of the Board was approved by the Company's stockholders, with votes as follows:

For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 37,248,350 924,362 706,987

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