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CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On May 20, 2022, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting"). The total number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value of $0.00001 per share, voted in person or by proxy at the Meeting was 63,398,787 representing approximately 89.3% of the 70,995,368 shares outstanding as of the March 22, 2022 record date and entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, if applicable, with respect to each matter considered at the Meeting is set out below. For more information regarding these matters, please refer to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC) on April 8, 2022.
Proposal No. 1 — Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors
The amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was approved as follows:
Proposal No. 2 — Election of Directors
The following nominees were elected as Class A directors for a term of one years (and until their successors are elected and qualified) by the votes indicated below.
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Adriane Brown Michael Garnreiter | 53,018,799 50,892,761 | 1,414,738 3,432,565 | 135,545 243,756 | 8,829,705 8,829,705 | ||||||||||||
Hadi Partovi | 52,170,411 | 2,295,345 | 103,326 | 8,829,705 | ||||||||||||
Proposal No. 3 — Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers ("Say-on-Pay")
The non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved as follows:
Proposal No. 4 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for fiscal year 2022 was approved by the votes indicated below. There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.
Proposal No. 5 — Approve the Company’s 2022 Stock Incentive Plan
The Company’s 2022 Stock Incentive Plan was approved as follows:
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL. |
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.
Dated: May 20, 2022 | Axon Enterprise, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ JAMES C. ZITO | ||
James C. Zito | |||
Interim Chief Financial Officer | |||