Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersDicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") onJune 3, 2021 . The following proposals were submitted to the stockholders at the Annual Meeting: (i) To elect nine directors to the Company's board of directors, to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. (ii) To ratify the appointment ofDeloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2021 . (iii) To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. The proposals are described in detail in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission onApril 20, 2021 . The number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 76,614,989. The number of shares of common stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 58,095,733. All matters submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting were approved and all director nominees were elected. The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon are set forth below: (a)Election of Directors. Director Nominee For Against Abstain Douglas M. Fambrough, III, Ph.D. 51,486,490 28,788 22,909 J. Kevin Buchi 51,342,382 187,924 7,881 Stephen Doberstein, Ph.D. 48,793,488 2,736,817 7,882 Martin Freed, M.D. 44,408,439 7,121,867 7,881 Patrick M. Gray 51,496,540 33,764 7,883 Stephen J. Hoffman, M.D., Ph.D. 51,138,486 390,844 8,857 Adam M. Koppel, M.D., Ph.D. 35,673,681 15,856,264 8,242 Marc Kozin 51,212,534 316,802 8,851 Cynthia Smith 48,782,289 2,747,460 8,438 There were no broker non-votes regarding the election of directors. (b)Ratification of the appointment ofDeloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2021 . Stockholders ratified the appointment ofDeloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2021 . The results of the voting included 57,745,711 votes for, 339,274 votes against and 10,748 votes abstained. There were no broker non-votes regarding this proposal. (c)Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, 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. The results of the voting included 49,535,829 votes for, 1,969,888 votes against and 32,470 votes abstained. There were no broker non-votes regarding this proposal. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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