Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Set forth below are the final voting results on the six proposals that were voted on by the stockholders at the annual meeting.
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors With respect to the vote on the election of eight directors, each for a term of one year, to expire at the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, the "for" votes received by each director represented a minimum of approximately 86.87% of the total number of shares that were either voted at the meeting or for which the authority to vote for the proposed nominee was withheld. The final voting results were as follows:
Director Votes Cast For Votes Withheld John A. Cuomo 10,076,073 166,735 Ralph E. Eberhart 10,048,613 194,195 Mark E. Ferguson III 9,904,581 338,227 Calvin S. Koonce 9,839,902 402,906 James F. Lafond 9,874,822 367,986 John E. Potter 9,904,955 337,853 Jack C. Stultz 8,898,408 1,344,400 Bonnie K. Wachtel 9,880,068 362,740
Proposal 2 - Increase the Number of Authorized Shares of Common Stock.
With respect to the vote to approve an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter") to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 15,000,000 to 50,000,000. The final voting results were as follows:
For Against Abstentions 5,202,721 5,822,221 24,509
This proposal required the affirmative vote of 6,345,786 shares to approve the proposal. As a result, the proposal to approve the Company's Charter to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 15,000,000 to 50,000,000 was not approved.
Proposal 3 -
With respect to the vote on the ratification of the appointment of
For Against Abstentions 10,991,747 28,790 28,914
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Proposal 4 - Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Company's Executive Compensation.
With respect to the vote to approve the Company's Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Plan, the "for" votes received represented approximately 76.39% of the shares present at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote. The final voting results were as follows:
For Against Abstentions 7,807,667 2,412,383 22,758
Proposal 5 - Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Advisory Votes to Approve the Company's Executive Compensation.
With respect to the non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes to approve the Company's executive compensation, the option of "one year" received 93.11% of the votes cast and is considered to be the option recommended by the stockholders. The number of votes received for the options of one, two or three years, and the number of abstentions and broker-non-votes, were as follows:
Votes For Votes For Votes For 1 Year Option 2 Year Option 3 Year Option Abstentions 9,487,297 6,845 694,507 54,159
Proposal 6 - Approval of the
With respect to the vote to approve the
For Against Abstentions 10,120,764 114,575 7,469
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