Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
In accordance with the Japanese depositary shares ("JDS") trust agreement, shares of common stock are to be voted by brokers upon receipt of specific instructions from individual JDS holders. If specific instructions are not received, the shares of common stock underlying JDS are presented below as "Broker Non-Votes". However, in accordance with the terms of the JDS trust agreement, the Trustees under the JDS trust agreement report these votes as "Blank Votes" (as such term is defined in the JDS trust agreement), which are treated as being present at the meeting for purposes of determining if a quorum is established.
Proposal 1. Election of Directors. The Company's stockholders elected six directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Proposal Votes For Votes Withheld Fumihiro Kozato 9,326,563 8,502 Feng Kuo, Ph.D. 9,328,062 7,003 Fun-Kai Liu 9,326,863 8,202 Robert Cochran 9,329,363 5,702 Yaichi Aoshima, Ph.D. 9,328,463 6,602 Noriko Endo, Ph.D. 9,329,057 6,008
There were 4,627,971 broker non-votes for Proposal 1, including 4,627,971 Blank Votes.
Proposal 2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm. The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of
For Against Abstain 9,341,063 6,404 79,400
There were 4,536,169 Blank Votes for Proposal 2.
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