Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On
At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company (i) elected the nine
director nominees to the board of directors of the Company to serve until the
2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected
and qualified, (ii) ratified the appointment of
(i) Election of director nominees:
Aggregate Votes Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Martin Cohen 43,828,187 879,238 9,383 1,891,970 Robert H. Steers 43,840,845 866,551 9,412 1,891,970 Joseph M. Harvey 44,488,629 219,267 8,912 1,891,970 Reena Aggarwal 40,388,409 4,319,576 8,823 1,891,970 Frank T. Connor 44,300,244 407,637 8,927 1,891,970 Peter L. Rhein 43,574,439 1,097,415 44,954 1,891,970 Richard P. Simon 43,549,640 1,122,214 44,954 1,891,970 Dasha Smith 44,133,295 574,734 8,779 1,891,970 Edmond D. Villani 43,611,099 1,096,824 8,885 1,891,970
(ii) Ratification of appointment of
Aggregate Votes For Against Abstain 46,257,506 344,535 6,737
(iii) Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:
Aggregate Votes For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 39,165,996 5,531,424 19,388 1,891,970
(iv) Recommendation, in a non-binding advisory vote, of whether a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years:
Aggregate Votes 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 43,915,797 886 782,239 17,886
As disclosed above, a majority of the votes cast were in favor of holding a shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers every one year. Considering such vote and consistent with the Company's recommendation, the Company's board of directors determined that it intends to include an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers every year until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
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