Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On
After receiving and validating all proxies and ballots presented prior to and at the Annual Meeting: (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock that voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 52,590,824 representing 84.3% of the 62,383,678 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and (ii) the total number of shares of the Preferred Stock (voting as an aggregate of 17,857,143 shares of Common Stock on an as converted basis), in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 17,857,143, representing 100% of the 35,000 shares of Preferred Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Together, the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock that voted at the Meeting represented 70,447,967 voting interests of shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 87.8% of the 80,240,821 total voting interests of shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business.
Proposal 1 - Election of Class II directors.
Proposal 2 - To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. Proposal 2 was approved by the following vote:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
46,135,196 313,428 26,917 23,972,426
Proposal 3 - To ratify the appointment of
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 69,670,436 629,276 148,255 -
Proposal 4 - To approve an amendment to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors. The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that any amendment to Article Seventh may only be approved by the affirmative vote of seventy-five percent (75%) of the Company's outstanding voting stock. As the "votes for" constituted 57.76% of the Company's outstanding voting stock entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting, Proposal 4 did not meet the required threshold. Proposal 4 was not approved as a result of the following vote:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 46,347,144 104,493 23,904 23,972,426
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Proposal 5 - To approve the adoption of the Company's 2020 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan. Proposal 5 was approved as a result of the following vote:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 43,308,498 679,862 2,487,181 23,972,426
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