Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As described under Item 5.07 below, onMay 25, 2021 , our stockholders approved the amendment of theFluidigm Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2011 Plan") to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 4,075,000 shares. A description of the material terms of the 2011 Plan is set forth on pages 21 - 26 of our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission onApril 14, 2021 , and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the 2011 Plan is qualified, in its entirety, by reference to the full text of the 2011 Plan, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
We held our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders onMay 25, 2021 . Of the 74,962,847 shares of our common stock outstanding as of the record date ofMarch 31, 2021 , 57,372,547 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, constituting approximately 76.53% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The four matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the voting results with respect to each such matter are set forth below: 1. Election of Class II Directors. The following nominees were elected to serve as Class II directors, to hold office until our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Gerhard F. Burbach 39,716,446 749,347 16,906,754 Carlos Paya, M.D., Ph.D. 38,512,280 1,953,513 16,906,754 Ana K. Stankovic, M.D., Ph.D., MSPH 39,923,453 542,340 16,906,754
2. Advisory Vote on Approval of Executive Compensation. The proposal to
approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers
for the year ended
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 39,039,957 1,090,600 335,236 16,906,754
3. Approval of the Amendment of the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan. The proposal to approve the amendment of the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the following vote:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 39,194,206 1,147,903 123,684 16,906,754 4. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The proposal to ratify the appointment ofPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 was approved by the following vote:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
57,223,930 59,807 88,810
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 10.1Fluidigm Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended effective May
25, 2021.
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