StepStone Group Inc 8-K/A, filed Nov 10, 2021
StepStone Group Inc. (STEP)
8-K/A
2021-11-10
For: 2021-09-24
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About this 8-K/A
StepStone Group Inc filed this 8-K/A on November 10, 2021, reporting on events of September 24, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 24, 2021
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(212 ) 351-6100
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The sole purpose of this amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2021 is to add Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”) tagging to the cover page and to furnish Exhibit 104 relating to the same. No other changes have been made.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On September 24, 2021, StepStone Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purposes of (i) electing the Class I directors named in the Company’s 2021 Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”), and (ii) ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. As of the record date of July 26, 2021, there were 40,335,938 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), and 54,480,393 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class B Common Stock”), outstanding. Stockholders were entitled to one vote per share of Class A Common Stock held and five votes per share of Class B Common Stock held on the matters presented at the Annual Meeting The Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock voted as a single class on all matters presented at the Annual Meeting. Of the total 312,737,903 votes eligible to be cast at the Annual Meeting, shares entitled to cast 310,022,896 votes were represented. The final results of the stockholder vote are set forth below.
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected each of the Class I nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve for a three-year term to expire at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, retirement or disqualification. The following two Class I directors were elected by the votes indicated.
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monte M. Brem | 286,462,774 | 22,116,041 | 1,444,081 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valerie G. Brown | 305,591,933 | 2,986,882 | 1,444,081 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. The selection was ratified by the votes indicated.
| For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 309,669,003 | 345,352 | 8,541 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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.
| STEPSTONE GROUP INC. | ||||||||
| Date: November 10, 2021 | By: | /s/ Jennifer Y. Ishiguro | ||||||
| Jennifer Y. Ishiguro | ||||||||
| Chief Legal Officer & Secretary | ||||||||