Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On
The following persons were elected to serve as directors of the Company, each
1. to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, based upon the following
votes: Name of Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Jerry C. Atkin 37,905,300 947,482 25,764 4,319,209 Russell A. Childs 38,273,754 571,073 33,719 4,319,209 Smita Conjeevaram 35,526,189 3,202,190 150,167 4,319,209Meredith S. Madden 38,491,137 322,972 64,437 4,319,209 Ronald J. Mittelstaedt 37,762,060 1,029,530 86,956 4,319,209 Andrew C. Roberts 38,285,371 326,818 266,357 4,319,209 Keith E. Smith 38,028,478 804,100 45,968 4,319,209 James L. Welch 31,967,239 6,861,589 49,718 4,319,209
2. The Company's shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of
the Company's named executive officers, based upon the following votes:
Votes for approval 38,195,660 Votes against 629,377 Abstentions 53,509 Broker Non-Votes 4,319,209
The Company's shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, to hold future
3. advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive
officers every year, based upon the following votes:
For 1 Year 35,944,448 For 2 Years 113,990 For 3 Years 2,787,883 Abstentions 32,225
The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of
4. the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the
fiscal year ending
Votes for approval 42,574,618 Votes against 571,844 Abstentions 51,293
Based upon the results set forth in Proposal 3 above, the Company currently intends to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers every year.
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