Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
An annual meeting of the holders of Voting Common Stock (the "Voting
Stockholders") of
The following matters received the affirmative vote of all of the outstanding Voting Common Stock and were approved:
1. The minutes of the previous annual meeting of Voting Stockholders held onJanuary 9, 2020 . 2. The annual report to shareholders of the Company for the fiscal year endedOctober 31, 2020 . 3. The election of the following individuals as directors to hold office until the next annual meeting or, in the case ofMr. Higdon , until the earlier of the next annual meeting and the closing of the proposed acquisition of the Company by Morgan Stanley and until their successors are elected and qualify:Ann E. Berman Thomas E. Faust Jr .Leo I. Higdon , Jr.Paula A. Johnson Brian D. Langstraat Dorothy E. Puhy Winthrop H. Smith , Jr.Richard A. Spillane , Jr.
Prior to the annual meeting, the Board of Directors granted an exception to the
Company's mandatory director retirement policy at age 74 for
4. The selection of the firmDeloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year endingOctober 31, 2021 . 5. The ratification of the acts of the Board of Directors since the previous annual meeting of Voting Stockholders held onJanuary 9, 2020 .
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