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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 9, 2023, Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”) opened its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually. As there was not a sufficient number of shares represented in person or by proxy to constitute a quorum, the Company adjourned the Annual Meeting to June 23, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. ET. At the reconvened Annual Meeting, a total of 113,847,102 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), or 50.28% of the Common Stock outstanding as of April 13, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were represented virtually or by proxy.
The following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the Annual Meeting on June 23, 2023:
(a) Proposal 1 - Election of Two Class III Directors. The shareholders elected each director nominee to the Board of Directors to serve as a director until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successor, if any, is elected or appointed, or upon their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal, as follows:
Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Kirsten Castillo, MBA | 65,486,086 | 14,267,906 | 34,093,110 | |||||||||
Prabhavathi Fernandes, Ph.D., FIDSA | 70,033,737 | 9,720,255 | 34,093,110 |
(b) Proposal 2 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountant. The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year, as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
104,098,673 | 5,401,176 | 4,347,253 | - |
(c) Proposal 3 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The shareholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
45,683,929 | 29,453,107 | 4,616,956 | 34,093,110 |
With regard to Proposal 3, the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors takes note of the results of the advisory “say-on-pay” proposal and expects to consider these results and feedback received from the Company’s shareholders, among the factors considered in connection with setting the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 27, 2023
OCUGEN, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Shankar Musunuri | |
Name: Shankar Musunuri | ||
Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & Co-Founder |