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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”)of GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held virtually on June 20,2024, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Stockholders considered two proposals at the meeting, which are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2024.
At the beginning of the Annual Meeting, there were 4,340,566 shares of Class A common stock and 27,904,051 shares of Class B common stock present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which represented 98% of the combined voting power of the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (voting together as a single class),and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on May 10,2024 (the “Record Date”), and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock were entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the Record Date.
The final voting results are reported below.
Proposal One: Election of two Class I directors, Michael B. Cowan and Jonathan Gregory to serve for a term until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders.
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Michael B. Cowam |
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277,104,752.0 |
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935,391.0 |
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Jonathan Gregory |
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893,303.0 |
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Proposal Two: Ratification of the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public account firm for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2024.
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279,079,902 |
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7,801 |
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2,662 |
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104 |
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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.
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GEN RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. |
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Date: June 25, 2024 |
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/s/ Thomas V. Croal |
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Thomas V. Croal |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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