Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting")
on
(b) There were 424,661,552 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, of which 371,253,306 shares were present remotely or by proxy. Shareholders voted on the following matters at the Annual Meeting:
1. Election of eleven directors. The results of the election of the eleven nominees for director are indicated below.
Broker Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Non-Votes John P. Barnes 288,878,250 24,700,783 1,169,074 56,505,199 Collin P. Baron 293,612,470 20,222,002 913,635 56,505,199 George P. Carter 237,626,308 76,248,900 872,899 56,505,199 Jane Chwick 309,524,398 4,525,833 697,876 56,505,199 William F. Cruger, Jr. 307,015,358 6,894,622 838,127 56,505,199 John K. Dwight 302,956,945 11,004,654 786,508 56,505,199 Jerry Franklin 260,024,974 53,911,831 811,302 56,505,199 Janet M. Hansen 299,200,839 14,824,574 722,694 56,505,199 Nancy McAllister 309,475,021 4,677,559 595,527 56,505,199 Mark W. Richards 299,337,093 14,597,025 813,989 56,505,199 Kirk W. Walters 291,553,856 22,233,923 960,328 56,505,199
2. Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. Holders of a majority of the Company's shares present remotely or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting gave advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. 265,510,573 votes were cast for the proposal; 47,614,710 votes were cast against the proposal; and 1,622,824 shares abstained from voting on the proposal. There were 56,505,199 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
3. Ratification of appointment of
(c) Not applicable. 2
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