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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
5.07(a) and (b)
At the Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held on February 8, 2022 via live webcast (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders:
| 1. | Elected ten directors to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; |
| 2. | Approved an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and |
| 3. | Ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. |
Each share of the Company’s Class A common stock is entitled to one vote, and each share of the Company’s Class B common stock is entitled to ten votes, on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock voted as follows:
Proposal 1 – Election of directors:
| Director |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Kevin Yeaman |
415,108,577 | 940,422 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Peter Gotcher |
409,230,751 | 6,818,248 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Micheline Chau |
414,748,971 | 1,300,028 | 3,850,141 | |||
| David Dolby |
413,774,840 | 2,274,159 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Tony Prophet |
415,885,493 | 163,506 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Emily Rollins |
415,636,801 | 412,198 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Simon Segars |
414,834,134 | 1,214,865 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Roger Siboni |
411,435,710 | 4,613,289 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Anjali Sud |
414,803,296 | 1,245,703 | 3,850,141 | |||
| Avadis Tevanian, Jr. |
411,878,645 | 4,170,354 | 3,850,141 |
All director nominees were duly elected.
Proposal 2 – Approval of an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 410,710,026 | 5,310,409 | 28,563 | 3,850,141 |
Proposal 2 was approved.
Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending September 30, 2022:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 418,704,121 | 1,178,785 | 16,234 |
Proposal 3 was approved.
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.
| DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ ANDY SHERMAN | |
| Andy Sherman | ||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||
Date: February 11, 2022