Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of
(1) The election of four directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified; (2) The ratification of the appointment ofErnst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2022 ; and (3) The approval of an advisory vote on executive compensation.
For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.
At the Annual Meeting, holders of Class A common stock were entitled to one vote per share, and holders of Class B common stock were entitled to 10 votes per share, and the two classes voted together as a single class on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The aggregate number of Class A and Class B votes cast for and against and withheld votes, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting are set forth below:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
Directors For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Howard W. Lutnick 258,086,877 53,186,031 23,131,784 Virginia S. Bauer 250,223,723 61,049,185 23,131,784 Kenneth A. McIntyre 260,545,997 50,726,911 23,131,784 Jay Itzkowitz 309,764,433 1,508,475 23,131,784
The four nominees were elected to the Board of Directors and will serve as directors until the Company's next annual meeting and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
Proposal 2 - Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm
For Against Abstain 332,284,217 2,052,789 67,686
Stockholders ratified the appointment of
Proposal 3 - Approval of an advisory vote on executive compensation
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
230,008,352 80,831,346 433,210 23,131,784
Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company's executive compensation.
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