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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company held on April 26, 2022, the shareholders voted on the following proposals:
| • | a proposal to elect the eight nominees for director named below for terms of one year each; |
| • | a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year; and |
| • | a proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation. |
The shareholders elected each of the nominees to serve as a director for a term of one year. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining and the number of broker non-votes for each nominee are listed below. The proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and the proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation, were each also approved. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from voting on those two proposals and the number of broker non-votes on the executive compensation proposal are listed below.
Proposal #1 – To elect the following nominees as our directors for terms of one year each:
| Name | Votes in Favor | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Peter Barrett, PhD |
99,168,191 | 5,262,413 | 60,746 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
| Samuel R. Chapin |
103,692,212 | 723,767 | 75,371 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
| Sylvie Grégoire, PharmD |
101,176,072 | 3,259,388 | 55,890 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
| Alexis P. Michas |
82,410,855 | 22,019,560 | 60,935 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
| Prahlad R. Singh, PhD |
103,956,449 | 458,658 | 76,243 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Vounatsos |
104,224,649 | 189,080 | 77,621 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
| Frank Witney, PhD |
103,489,571 | 925,128 | 76,651 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
| Pascale Witz |
103,930,943 | 498,221 | 62,186 | 5,861,485 | ||||||||||||
Proposal #2 – To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 108,503,141 |
1,699,245 |
150,449 |
0 |
Proposal #3 – To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 99,228,054 |
5,110,363 |
152,933 |
5,861,485 |
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.
| PERKINELMER, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 29, 2022 | By: /s/ John L. Healy | |||||
| John L. Healy Vice President and Assistant Secretary | ||||||