Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnJune 23, 2022 , the Company held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the close of business onApril 25, 2022 , the record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 727,752,631 common shares of the Company issued and outstanding. At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders elected eleven directors to serve until the annual meeting in 2023, or until their successors have been elected and qualified; approved the Company's executive compensation on an advisory basis; ratified the selection ofPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent auditor for fiscal year 2022; approved additional shares under the 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan; rejected a shareholder proposal regarding the recyclability of packaging, rejected a shareholder proposal regarding a report on the protection of farmworkers; rejected a shareholder proposal regarding a report on elimination of HFCs; and rejected a shareholder proposal regarding a report on workforce strategy.
The final results are as follows:
Director Election Proposal For Against Broker Non-Votes Nora A. Aufreiter 569,223,523 7,376,740 52,906,197 Kevin M. Brown 569,335,627 7,264,636 52,906,197 Elaine L. Chao 562,051,630 14,548,632 52,906,197 Anne Gates 562,264,002 14,336,261 52,906,197 Karen M. Hoguet 569,045,926 7,554,337 52,906,197 W. Rodney McMullen 522,330,430 54,269,833 52,906,197 Clyde R. Moore 539,094,936 37,505,327 52,906,197 Ronald L. Sargent 529,125,756 47,474,507 52,906,197 J. Amanda Sourry Knox 569,642,760 6,957,503 52,906,197 Mark S. Sutton 566,409,552 10,190,711 52,906,197 Ashok Vemuri 568,780,924 7,819,339 52,906,197 Other Proposals For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Advisory vote approving executive compensation 525,671,699 46,301,437 4,627,127 52,906,197 Ratification ofPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year 2022 583,340,468 43,869,428 2,296,564 0 Approval of additional shares under the 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan 511,338,850 61,866,646 3,394,767 52,906,197 Shareholder proposal regarding the Recyclability of Packaging 219,182,583 352,044,944 5,372,736 52,906,197 Shareholder proposal regarding a Report on Protection of Farmworkers 118,787,507 450,864,337 6,948,419 52,906,197 Shareholder proposal regarding a Report on Elimination of HFCs 193,607,875 353,365,358 29,627,030 52,906,197 Shareholder proposal regarding a Report on Workforce Strategy 168,301,958 401,543,352
6,754,952 52,906,197
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