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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of Brooks Automation, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on January 26, 2021. The stockholders elected each of the Company’s nominees for director; approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; approved the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan and, ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year. The proposals below are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated December 15, 2020. The results are as follows:
1. | Election of Directors |
2. | Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers |
3. | Approval of the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan |
4. | Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year |
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.
Date: January 28, 2021 | Jason W. Joseph | |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Document and Entity Information |
Jan. 26, 2021 |
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Document Type | 8-K |
Document Period End Date | Jan. 26, 2021 |
Entity File Number | 0-25434 |
Entity Registrant Name | BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC. |
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 04-3040660 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 15 Elizabeth Drive |
Entity Address, State or Province | MA |
Entity Address, City or Town | Chelmsford |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 01824 |
City Area Code | 978 |
Local Phone Number | 262-2400 |
Written Communications | false |
Soliciting Material | false |
Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, $0.01 par value |
Trading Symbol | BRKS |
Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
Entity Central Index Key | 0000933974 |
Amendment Flag | false |
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