UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 9, 2022, the Company held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Proxies for the meeting were solicited in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals:
| I. | To elect the following persons as Class II directors until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the stockholders as follows: |
Nominee | For |
| Against | Abstain |
| Broker Non-Votes | ||
James Eisenstein |
| 93,530,900 | 22,087,117 | 229,961 | 81,067,999 | |||
Wen Hsieh |
| 107,004,633 | 8,639,974 | 203,371 | 81,067,999 | |||
Jeff Immelt | 89,331,252 | 26,296,840 | 219,886 | 81,067,999 | ||||
Stephen Nigro |
| 104,911,499 | 10,735,845 | 200,634 | 81,067,999 |
Based on the foregoing votes, James Eisenstein, Wen Hsieh, Jeff Immelt, and Stephen Nigro were elected as directors.
| II. | To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows: |
For |
| Against | Abstain | |
194,099,834 | 1,883,374 | 932,769 |
Based on the foregoing votes, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified.
| III. | To approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers. |
For |
| Against | Abstain |
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111,536,185 | 3,935,375 | 376,418 | 81,067,999 |
Based on the foregoing votes, the stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| IV. | To approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation paid to our named executive officers. |
1 Year |
| 2 Years |
| 3 Years | Abstain |
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114,593,192 | 253,359 | 422,338 | 579,089 | 81,067,999 |
Based on the foregoing votes, the stockholders advised that they were in favor of every one year as the frequency of holding a non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation.
Based on the results of the vote, and consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) with respect to the proposal, the Board has determined to hold a non-binding advisory vote regarding named executive officer compensation every one year until the next required non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of holding future votes regarding named executive officer compensation.