Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders held onMay 12, 2023 , security holders voted to approve the adoption of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the Class B Common Stock. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3(a).
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Company's Annual Meeting of stockholders held onMay 12, 2023 , there were six items subject to a vote of security holders: (1) the election of nine members of the Board of Directors of the Company; (2) the ratification of the appointment ofKPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditor, (3) the approval, by nonbinding vote, of executive compensation, (4) the approval, by nonbinding vote, of the frequency of stockholder voting on executive compensation; (5) the approval of the Company's 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan; and (6) the approval of the adoption of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. 1.In the vote for the election of nine members of the Board of Directors of the Company, the number of votes cast for, the number of votes withheld from, and broker non-votes as to each of the nominees were as follows: Number of Votes For Number of Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Nominee Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B Erland E. Kailbourne 25,905,987 - 3,423,389 - 490,980 - John R. Scannell 26,265,161 - 3,064,215 - 490,980 - Katharine L. Plourde 24,360,893 - 4,968,483 - 490,980 - A.William Higgins 27,627,563 - 1,701,813 - 490,980 - Kenneth W. Krueger 25,788,730 - 3,540,646 - 490,980 - Mark J. Murphy 26,448,574 - 2,880,802 - 490,980 - J. Michael McQuade 27,806,670 - 1,522,706 - 490,980 - Christina M. Alvord 27,807,405 - 1,521,971 - 490,980 - Russell E. Toney 27,806,514 - 1,522,862 - 490,980 -
2.In the vote for the ratification of the appoint of
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 28,545,468 1,271,498 3,390 -
3.In the vote to approve, by non-binding vote, executive compensation, the number of votes cast for, the number of votes cast against, the number cast as abstentions, and broker non-votes were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 29,067,760 248,746 12,870 490,980
4.In the vote to approve, by non-binding vote, the frequency of voting on executive compensation, the number of votes cast for and the number cast as abstentions were as follows:
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1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 28,045,417 52,997 1,227,765 3,197
5.In the vote to approve the Company's 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan, the number of votes cast for, the number of votes cast against, the number cast as abstentions, and broker non-votes were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 27,000,149 2,320,697 8,530 490,980
6.In the vote to approve the adoption of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the number of votes cast for, the number of votes cast against, the number cast as abstentions, and broker non-votes were as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 29,274,064 4,126 51,186 490,980
(d) Disclosure Regarding Frequency of Shareholder Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:
A majority of the votes cast by Stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, to hold an advisory vote to approve executive compensation every year. In line with this recommendation by our Stockholders, the Board of Directors has decided that it will include, until further action by the Board, an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation in its proxy material every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:
3(a) Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
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