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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 17, 2021, the Company held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A total of 105,033,308 shares of the Company’s common stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 70% of the total outstanding common stock. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as described below.
| 1. | The Company’s stockholders elected the following three nominees as Class I members to the Board of Directors of the Company to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. |
| NAME |
FOR | % VOTED FOR |
AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES |
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| ANTHONY BOSSONE |
92,997,866 | 93.49 | 6,475,328 | 60,623 | 5,499,491 | |||||||||||||||
| SMITA CONJEEVARAM |
98,676,127 | 99.19 | 799,444 | 58,246 | 5,499,491 | |||||||||||||||
| BRUCE LAVINE |
89,844,307 | 90.36 | 9,574,789 | 114,721 | 5,499,491 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. |
| FOR |
% |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | |||
| 104,689,663 |
99.81 | 195,075 | 148,570 |
| 3. | The Company’s stockholders approved a non-binding, advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. |
| FOR |
% VOTED FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKER NON-VOTES | ||||
| 78,750,263 |
79.21 | 20,667,480 | 116,074 | 5,499,491 |
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SIGNATURES
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.
| WISDOMTREE INVESTMENTS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: June 21, 2021 | By: | /s/ Marci Frankenthaler | ||||
| Marci Frankenthaler | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer | ||||||
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