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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On June 12, 2023, Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of stockholders at 9:30 a.m. Central Time by means of an online virtual meeting platform. Stockholders representing 1,851,574 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and 11,278,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, or 92.6%, of the 14,180,200 shares entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.
At the 2023 Annual Meeting, the following two proposals were approved: (i) the election of five directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders; and (ii) the ratification of the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. The two proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2023 Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on May 1, 2023.
As of the April 20, 2023 record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the 2023 Annual Meeting, 2,902,200 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock were outstanding and eligible to vote and 11,278,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock were outstanding and eligible to vote, with an aggregate of 14,180,200 votes.
Proposal 1
The votes with respect to the election of five directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders were as follows:
Director | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Mark D. Walker | 11,701,989 | 2,800 | 1,424,785 | |||||||||
Keith W. Smith | 11,685,616 | 19,173 | 1,424,785 | |||||||||
Richard Cohen | 11,701,885 | 2,904 | 1,424,785 | |||||||||
Antoinette Leatherberry | 11,605,278 | 99,511 | 1,424,785 | |||||||||
Mistelle Locke | 11,699,871 | 4,918 | 1,424,785 |
Proposal 2
The vote with respect to the ratification of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 was as follows:
Total Votes For | Total Votes Against | Abstentions | ||
13,117,097 | 12,352 | 125 |
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.
June 12, 2023 (Date) |
Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. (Registrant) |
/s/ Diana P. Diaz | |
Diana P. Diaz Interim Chief Financial Officer |
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