Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Stockholders

(a) On June 18, 2020, Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") via live audio webcast on the Internet. Of the 26,594,455 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of April 20, 2020, a quorum of 22,616,767 shares, or 85.04% of the eligible shares, was present at the meeting or represented by proxy.

(b) The following actions were taken at the Annual Meeting:

1. The following nominees were reelected to serve on the Company's board of directors (the "Board of Directors") as Class III Directors until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:



      Nominee              Voted For        Votes Withheld       Broker Non-Votes

      Steven R. Mitchell     15,054,311        2,916,318            4,646,138

      Richard F. Reilly      15,124,338        2,846,291            4,646,138

      Donald R. Young        15,142,122        2,828,507            4,646,138

After the Annual Meeting, Rebecca B. Blalock and Robert M. Gervis continued to serve as Class I Directors for terms that expire at the 2021 annual meeting and Mark L. Noetzel and William P. Noglows continued to serve as Class II Directors for terms that expire at the 2022 annual meeting.

2. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified, based on the following votes:



                For              Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes

                  22,597,115        5,494       14,158              -

3. The Company's stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's 2020 proxy statement, based on the following votes:



               For              Against       Abstain      Broker Non-Votes

                 17,507,313       422,864       40,452        4,646,138

4. The Company's stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, "One Year" for the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the named executive officers, based on the following votes:



                Three Years       Two Years       One Year         Abstain

                   594,956           40,267         17,332,183        3,223

Based on the results of this vote, and consistent with the Board of Directors' recommendation, the Company intends to include an advisory stockholder vote to approve the compensation paid to its named executive officers every year until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of named executive officers. The Company is required to hold a vote on frequency every six years.

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