The final voting results on the proposals presented for stockholder approval at the 2021 Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
The Registrant’s stockholders elected five directors, each to serve until the Registrant’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, as set forth below:
NAME FOR AGAINST WITHHELD BROKER NON-VOTE
Beth Altman 14,485,616 — 4,160,978 38,427,252
Dr. Paul Blake 14,355,935 — 4,290,659 38,427,252
Joseph Dowling 10,663,646 — 7,982,948 38,427,252
Dr. Joseph Maroon 14,422,962 — 4,223,632 38,427,252
Terri Funk Graham 14,320,587 — 4,326,007 38,427,252
Proposal 2 - Approval to Increase Authorized Shares
The Registrant’s stockholders did not approve the Registrant's proposal to amend its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Existing Charter"), to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 190,000,000 to 290,000,000 shares, and to correspondingly increase the number of authorized shares of all classes of capital stock to 300,000,000 shares (the "Proposed Charter Amendment"), as set forth below:
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
29,819,636 25,812,234 1,441,974
As a result, the Existing Charter shall remain in place and the Registrant will not effectuate the Proposed Charter Amendment.
Proposal 3 - Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Registrant’s stockholders ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, as set forth below:
FOR AGAINST. ABSTAIN
53,948,022 2,512,572 613,252
Proposal 4 - Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation
The Registrant’s stockholders did not approve an advisory, non-binding vote on compensation programs for its named executive officers, Mr. Joseph Dowling, Mr. Joerg Grasser, and Dr. Duffy MacKay, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the compensation tables and narrative discussion in connection therewith.
Proposal 4 was not approved by the stockholders at the 2021 Annual Meeting as set forth below:
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
8,083,041 9,827,800 736,153
As a result, the Registrant will review the stockholders' advisory, non-binding vote and consider the results of this Proposal 4 when making future executive compensation decisions.
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