UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

June 13, 2019

 

 

YEXT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

1 Madison Ave, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10010

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(212) 994-3900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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Item 5.07.                                        Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The annual meeting of stockholders of Yext, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 13, 2019.  Stockholders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on April 18, 2019 were entitled to vote at such meeting.  For more information about the proposals voted on at the meeting, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2019.  The results of the voting at such meeting were as follows:

 

1.                                      The Class II director was elected to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until his respective successor has been elected and qualified.  The nominee receiving the largest number of affirmative votes and representing shares of the Company’s common stock present and entitled to vote at the annual meeting was elected as the Class II director by the following vote:

 

Director Nominee		For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Michael Walrath		65,675,224		14,111,341		17,424,926

 

2.                                      The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2020 was ratified by the following vote:

 

For		Against		Abstain
97,078,002		26,327		107,162

 

3.                                      The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory, non-binding basis by the following vote:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
68,242,856		11,431,686		112,023		17,424,926

 

4.                                      The frequency of one year for future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory, non-binding basis by the following vote:

 

One Year		Two Years		Three Years		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
79,620,945		35,068		36,828		93,724		17,424,926

 

After considering the voting results for this proposal, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold future advisory, non-binding votes on the compensation of our named executive officers on an annual basis.

 

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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.

 

		Yext, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Ho Shin
		Ho Shin
		General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

Date:  June 14, 2019

 

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