Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
OnJune 9, 2020 , the Board of Directors (the "Board") ofAgile Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") appointedSandra Carson , M.D. as a Class II member of the Board. The Board appointedDr. Carson to the Board's science and technology committee and nominating and corporate governance committee. Further, onJune 9, 2020 , the Board approved certain changes to the cash compensation amounts payable to non-employee directors, effectiveJune 1, 2020 . Each member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company will receive the following cash compensation for Board services, as applicable: ·$45,000 per year for service as a Board member; ·$25,000 per year for service as lead independent director; ·$20,000 per year for service as chairman of the audit committee;
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governance committee;
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governance committee,
compensation committee, and
audit committee.Dr. Carson will receive the standard cash compensation amounts payable to non-employee directors of the Company described above, as well as the equity compensation described in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with theUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission onApril 24, 2020 (the "Proxy Statement"). There are no arrangements or understandings betweenDr. Carson and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director. Since the beginning of the Company's last year, there have not been any transactions, or currently proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, in which the Company was a party and in whichDr. Carson had a direct or indirect material interest.
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of the Company held onJune 9, 2020 , the following proposals were submitted to the stockholders of the Company:
Proposal 1: The election of two directors to serve as Class III directors until the
Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Proposal 2: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the 2019 compensation of
our named executive officers.
Proposal 3: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of future
stockholder votes on the compensation of our named executive
officers.
Proposal 4: The ratification of the appointment of
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for
the fiscal
year endingDecember 31, 2020 . For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Proxy Statement. Of the 87,213,212 shares of the Company's common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 67,779,163 shares, or approximately 77.7 %, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The number of votes cast for, against, or withheld, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, if applicable, in respect of each such proposal is set forth below:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors.
The Company's stockholders elected the following two directors to serve as Class III directors until the Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The votes regarding the election of the directors were as follows: Director Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Sharon Barbari 35,678,581 702,341 31,398,241 Ajit S. Shetty, Ph.D. 33,958,661 2,422,261 31,398,241
Proposal 2: Advisory Non-Binding Vote on 2019 Executive Compensation.
The Company's stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the 2019 compensation of our named executive officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 34,613,038 964,954 802.930 31,398,241
Proposal 3: Advisory Non-Binding Vote on Frequency of Stockholder Votes on Executive Compensation.
The Company's stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, conducting a stockholder vote on the compensation of our named executive officers every year. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:
Votes For One Year Votes For Two Years Votes For Three Years Votes Abstaining 34,968,560 256,402 430,882 725,078 Proposal 4: Ratification of Appointment ofErnst & Young LLP .
The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of
Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining 66,734,249 268,352 776,562
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