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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on September 22, 2020. The following is a brief description of each matter voted on at the meeting and the number of votes cast for, withheld or against, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable.
1. | Shareholders elected seven directors to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the following votes: |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
Deborah Andrews | 53,668,964 | 1,485,423 | 52,431,930 | |||||||||
Don M. Bailey | 53,002,122 | 2,152,265 | 52,431,930 | |||||||||
Neal C. Bradsher | 53,273,562 | 1,880,825 | 52,431,930 | |||||||||
Brian M. Culley | 53,929,657 | 1,224,730 | 52,431,930 | |||||||||
Alfred D. Kingsley | 53,619,131 | 1,535,256 | 52,431,930 | |||||||||
Michael H. Mulroy | 52,120,425 | 3,033,962 | 52,431,930 | |||||||||
Angus C. Russell | 53,621,418 | 1,532,969 | 52,431,930 |
2. | Shareholders ratified the appointment of OUM & Co. LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, by the following votes: |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
104,489,763 | 2,581,984 | 514,570 | 0 |
3. | Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2020, by the following votes: |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
51,175,688 | 3,174,246 | 804,453 | 52,431,930 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
Date: September 23, 2020 | By: | /s/ Chase C. Leavitt |
Name: | Chase C. Leavitt | |
Title: | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |