Azenta, Inc 8-K, filed Jan 28, 2022
Azenta, Inc. (AZTA)
About this 8-K
Azenta, Inc filed this 8-K on January 28, 2022, reporting on events of January 24, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of Azenta, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on January 24, 2022. The stockholders elected each of the Company’s nominees for director; approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the 2022 fiscal year. The proposals below are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated December 15, 2021. The results are as follows:
1. | Election of Directors |
Nominees | For | | Withhold | | Broker Non-Votes | |
Frank E. Casal |
| 65,986,712 |
| 220,524 |
| 3,825,163 |
Robyn C. Davis | | 65,917,538 | | 289,698 | | 3,825,163 |
Joseph R. Martin | | 64,023,624 | | 2,183,612 | | 3,825,163 |
Erica J. McLaughlin | | 65,984,211 | | 223,025 | | 3,825,163 |
Krishna G. Palepu | | 63,987,606 | | 2,219,630 | | 3,825,163 |
Michael Rosenblatt | | 65,977,462 | | 229,774 | | 3,825,163 |
Stephen S. Schwartz | | 65,201,625 | | 1,005,611 | | 3,825,163 |
Alfred Woollacott, Ill | | 64,231,508 | 1,975,728 | | 3,825,163 | |
Mark S. Wrighton | | 64,944,418 | | 1,262,818 | | 3,825,163 |
Ellen M. Zane | | 62,255,875 | | 3,951,361 | | 3,825,163 |
2. | Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers |
For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
65,645,925 | | 440,161 | | 121,150 | | 3,825,163 |
3. | Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered accounting firm for the 2022 fiscal year |
For |
| Against |
| Abstain |
69,451,298 | | 545,915 | | 35,186 |
SIGNATURE
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.
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Date: January 28, 2022 | By: | /s/ Jason W. Joseph |
| | Name: Jason W. Joseph |
| | Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |