Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 13, 2021, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY Mellon" or the
"Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At
the Annual Meeting, each nominee for director was elected by a majority of votes
cast (proposal 1). In addition, stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the
2020 compensation of BNY Mellon's named executive officers (proposal 2); and
ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as BNY Mellon's independent registered
public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2021 (proposal 3). The
stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding stockholder
requests for a record date to initiate written consent (proposal 4). Each of
these matters is described in detail in BNY Mellon's definitive proxy statement,
dated March 2, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Abstentions and broker non-votes were counted for purposes of determining
whether a quorum was present, but were not treated as votes cast, did not have
the effect of a vote for or against a director's election, for or against a
ratification, or for or against the stockholder proposal, and were not counted
in determining the number of votes required for approval or election.
The results were as follows:
1. The election of 12 directors for a term expiring at the end of our 2022
Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
Name of Director For Against Abstained Broker Non-Vote
Linda Z. Cook
704,272,376 12,962,675 975,700 58,195,089
Joseph J. Echevarria 645,506,739 68,119,294 4,584,718 58,195,089
Thomas P. Gibbons 711,659,867 5,477,132 1,073,752 58,195,089
M. Amy Gilliland 711,893,861 5,269,983 1,046,907 58,195,089
Jeffrey A. Goldstein 707,478,767 9,620,214 1,111,770 58,195,089
K. Guru Gowrappan 710,700,269 6,333,190 1,177,292 58,195,089
Ralph Izzo
703,853,439 13,219,754 1,137,558 58,195,089
Edmund F. Kelly 696,731,878 20,421,410 1,057,463 58,195,089
Elizabeth E. Robinson 711,239,061 5,971,152 1,000,538 58,195,089
Samuel C. Scott III 642,922,433 74,195,346 1,092,972 58,195,089
Frederick O. Terrell 707,425,244 9,662,060 1,123,447 58,195,089
Alfred W. Zollar 710,887,882 6,196,814 1,126,055 58,195,089
2. Advisory resolution to approve the 2020 compensation of BNY Mellon's named
executive officers:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Vote
685,720,709 29,765,437 2,724,605 58,195,089
95.83% 4.16% * *
3. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as BNY Mellon's independent
registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2021:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Vote
763,786,887 11,719,722 899,231 -
98.48% 1.51% * *
4. Stockholder proposal regarding stockholder requests for a record date to
initiate written consent:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Vote
297,367,141 416,712,592 4,131,018 58,195,089
41.64% 58.35% * *
* Abstentions and broker non-votes were not counted as votes cast.
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