Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company conducted its annual stockholders' meeting on
At the annual meeting, 480,990,722 shares were represented (89.1 percent of the 539,918,117 shares outstanding and entitled to vote). Three items were considered at the meeting and the results of the voting were as follows:
1.Election of Directors: The nominees in the proxy statement were:Prama Bhatt ,Gary C. Bhojwani ,Terrell K. Crews ,Stephen M. Lacy ,Elsa A. Murano , Ph.D.,Susan K. Nestegard ,William A. Newlands ,Christopher J. Policinski ,Jose Luis Prado ,Sally J. Smith ,James P. Snee , andSteven A. White . The results were as follows: DIRECTOR: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTE Prama Bhatt 443,225,596 501,168 181,061 37,082,897 Gary C. Bhojwani 418,638,456 25,087,841 181,528 37,082,897 Terrell K. Crews 438,583,217 5,161,782 162,826 37,082,897 Stephen M. Lacy 438,591,689 5,130,367 185,769 37,082,897 Elsa A. Murano, Ph.D. 439,681,134 4,085,652 141,039 37,082,897 Susan K. Nestegard 440,589,886 3,173,322 144,617 37,082,897 William A. Newlands 394,803,509 48,916,855 187,461 37,082,897 Christopher J. Policinski 442,031,284 1,705,561 170,980 37,082,897 Jose Luis Prado 443,132,962 634,326 140,537 37,082,897 Sally J. Smith 441,825,471 1,910,159 172,195 37,082,897 James P. Snee 430,756,469 8,548,058 4,603,298 37,082,897 Steven A. White 436,248,435 7,492,809 166,581 37,082,897 2. Ratification of the appointment ofErnst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingOctober 31, 2021 : For: 465,662,953 Against: 15,093,776 Abstain: 233,993
3. Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers,
as disclosed in the Company's 2021 annual meeting proxy statement (as filed with
the
For: 432,260,178 Against: 10,862,959 Abstain: 784,688 Broker Non-Vote: 37,082,897 2
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