Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On April 23, 2021, PPD, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As of February 25, 2021, the record date for the meeting, there were 350,428,741 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on all matters. The final voting results for the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders were as follows:

Proposal No. 1 -The following nominees were elected by plurality vote to serve on the Board of Directors as Class I directors for terms expiring at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders based upon the following votes:



                           For         Withhold     Broker Non-Votes
Stephen Ensley         287,744,229    20,442,254       2,973,771
Maria Teresa Hilado    301,920,203    6,266,280        2,973,771
David Simmons          284,619,036    23,567,447       2,973,771

Proposal No. 2 - An advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes:



     For         Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes
 301,129,258    6,957,762    99,463         2,973,771

Proposal No. 3 -An advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers received the following votes:



    1 Year       2 Years     3 Years     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes
 308,131,267     25,500      22,252       7,464         2,973,771

A majority of the Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, an annual stockholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation. In light of these results, the Company will implement an annual advisory stockholder vote on named executive officer compensation until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on named executive officer compensation.

Proposal No. 4 -The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified based upon the following votes:


     For         Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes
 310,879,746     262,538     17,970             0

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                                   Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PPD, Inc.

              By:            /s/ Julia James
              Name:          Julia James
              Title:         Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


Date: April 28, 2021

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