Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnOctober 13, 2020 , we held our annual meeting of stockholders to consider and vote upon the following proposals: (1) to elect directors to serve until our next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified; (2) to provide a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal 2020 ("say-on-pay"); and (3) to ratify the appointment ofDeloitte & Touche LLP , an independent registered public accounting firm, as our independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year endingApril 30, 2021 . Before proceeding with the business of the meeting, the Chairman of the Board,Robert L. Scott , announced with great sadness the passing of long-time director,Mitchell A. Saltz .Mr. Scott stated thatMr. Saltz made numerous contributions to the success of the company over the years. He further indicated that obviously there would be no nominee in his place at this time, and six rather than seven directors will be elected at the meeting.
The following directors were elected at the annual meeting:
Broker Non- Director Votes For Votes Withheld Votes Robert L. Scott 28,798,763 872,130 16,414,458 Michael F. Golden 29,212,771 458,122 16,414,458 Anita D. Britt 29,376,998 293,895 16,414,458 John B. Furman 28,154,432 1,516,461 16,414,458 Barry M. Monheit 28,611,334 1,059,559 16,414,458 Mark P. Smith 29,257,726 413,167 16,414,458
Our stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. The voting results were as follows:
Votes Votes Broker For Against Abstentions Non-Votes Say-on-pay proposal 27,499,513 2,000,213 171,167 16,414,458
Our stockholders ratified the appointment of
Broker Votes Votes Non- For Against Abstentions Votes Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as -
independent registered public accountants 45,543,140 345,140
197,071
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