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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 4, 2021. The proposals submitted by the Board of Directors to a vote of the stockholders, and the results of the voting on each proposal, are indicated below.
Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors
Nominees for Class III director: |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
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William A Linton, Ph.D. |
128,851,429 | 16,717,162 | 2,269,094 | |||||||||
Adelene Q. Perkins |
127,758,401 | 17,810,190 | 2,269,094 | |||||||||
Robert Rosenthal, Ph.D. |
127,628,788 | 17,939,803 | 2,269,094 |
Proposal No. 2 – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the 2020 compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was approved based on the following votes:
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker | |||
140,654,208 |
4,889,052 | 25,331 | 2,269,094 |
Proposal No. 3 – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021 was approved based on the following votes:
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker | |||
147,558,801 |
251,934 | 26,950 | N/A |
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.
BRUKER CORPORATION (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: June 7, 2021 | By: | /s/ GERALD N. HERMAN | ||||
Gerald N. Herman | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President |