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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Laird Superfood, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 5, 2022. The total number of shares of the Company’s common stock voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting was 5,630,569, representing approximately 62% of the 9,094,539 shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and constituting a quorum. The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, as applicable, with respect to each matter is set out below.
Proposal 1. Election of Directors
The stockholders elected all seven nominees at the Annual Meeting to serve as directors until the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2023. The voting results were as follows:
| Nominee | For | Withheld | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Geoffrey T. Barker |
3,241,879 | 272,520 | 2,220 | 2,113,950 | ||||
| Maile Naylor |
2,880,416 | 632,553 | 3,650 | 2,113,950 | ||||
| Patrick Gaston |
3,241,478 | 271,224 | 3,917 | 2,113,950 | ||||
| Gregory Graves |
2,971,959 | 540,143 | 4,517 | 2,113,950 | ||||
| Laird Hamilton |
3,506,355 | 8,038 | 2,226 | 2,113,950 | ||||
| Grant LaMontagne |
3,505,206 | 9,208 | 2,205 | 2,113,950 | ||||
| Jason Vieth |
3,508,531 | 5,782 | 2,306 | 2,113,950 |
Proposal 2. Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accountants
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The voting results were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 5,439,763 | 185,871 | 4,935 | 0 |
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.
| Date: May 9, 2022 | Laird Superfood, Inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Valerie Ells | |||||
| Name: | Valerie Ells | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||