Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company held on
• a proposal to elect the eight nominees for director named below for terms
of one year each; • a proposal to ratify the selection ofDeloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year; and
• a proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company's
executive compensation.
The shareholders elected each of the nominees to serve as a director for a term of one year. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining and the number of broker non-votes for each nominee are listed below. The proposal to ratify the selection ofDeloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, and the proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company's executive compensation, were each also approved. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from voting on those two proposals and the number of broker non-votes on the executive compensation proposal are listed below.
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Proposal #1 - To elect the following nominees as our directors for terms of one year each: Name Votes in Favor Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Peter Barrett, PhD 99,168,191 5,262,413 60,746 5,861,485 Samuel R. Chapin 103,692,212 723,767 75,371 5,861,485 Sylvie Grégoire, PharmD 101,176,072 3,259,388 55,890 5,861,485 Alexis P. Michas 82,410,855 22,019,560 60,935 5,861,485 Prahlad R. Singh, PhD 103,956,449 458,658 76,243 5,861,485 Michael Vounatsos 104,224,649 189,080 77,621 5,861,485 Frank Witney, PhD 103,489,571 925,128 76,651 5,861,485 Pascale Witz 103,930,943 498,221 62,186 5,861,485
Proposal #2 - To ratify the selection of
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 108,503,141 1,699,245 150,449 0
Proposal #3 - To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company's executive compensation. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 99,228,054 5,110,363 152,933 5,861,485
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