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

On June 22, 2021, the Company held the Annual Meeting. As of the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 111,946,449 shares of Company common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. There were 92,307,289 shares present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

Stockholders elected each of the Company's six nominees for director, as set forth below:




          NOMINEE              FOR      AGAINST  ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES

Sandra Brooks, M.D., M.B.A. 77,216,336 34,237 10,800 15,045,916 Veronica G.H. Jordan, Ph.D. 77,127,580 122,993 10,800 15,045,916


     James T. LaFrance      73,356,252 3,893,987   11,134       15,045,916
    Valerie B. Palmieri     77,191,458  59,775     10,140       15,045,916
      Nicole Sandford       77,148,547  102,008    10,818       15,045,916

Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers

Stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2021, as set forth below:




   FOR      AGAINST  ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES
75,978,175 1,260,667   22,531       15,045,916

Proposal 3: Ratification of the Selection of the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Stockholders ratified the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021, as set forth below:






   FOR     AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES
92,265,579  4,353    37,357           0

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