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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 29, 2024, Advantage Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual stockholders meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) and the following three proposals were voted on by the Company's Class A stockholders, as set forth below. As of the close of business on April 5, 2024, the record date for eligibility to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 323,938,300 shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock") outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 290,595,017 shares of Common Stock were present in person or represented by proxy, representing approximately 89.7% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock as of the April 5, 2024 record date. Each of the proposals was described in detail in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting. The vote totals noted below are final voting results from the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors.
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Withheld |
Broker Non-Vote |
Christopher Baldwin |
276,282,656 |
1,920,513 |
12,391,848 |
Cameron Breitner |
255,094,805 |
22,599,391 |
12,900,821 |
Virginie Costa |
276,503,431 |
1,699,738 |
12,391,848 |
Timothy J. Flynn |
256,688,879 |
21,005,317 |
12,900,821 |
Brian K. Ratzan |
276,010,542 |
2,192,627 |
12,391,848 |
This proposal received the required affirmative vote of holders of a plurality of the votes cast and all of the foregoing candidates were elected as the Company’s directors.
Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
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Abstain |
288,848,889 |
1,602,866 |
143,262 |
This proposal received the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares having voting power present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and was approved as set forth above.
Proposal 3: Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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Broker Non-Vote |
270,433,146 |
7,511,494 |
258,529 |
12,391,848 |
This proposal received the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares having voting power present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and was approved as set forth above.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
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ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS INC. |
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May 30, 2024 |
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/s/ Christopher Growe |
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Christopher Growe |
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