On January 15, 2021, NTIC held an Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2021 Annual Meeting”). As of the close of business on November 18, 2020, the record date for the 2021 Annual Meeting, there were 9,104,636 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2021 Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock was entitled to one vote. Stockholders holding an aggregate of 6,390,771 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the 2021 Annual Meeting, representing 70.19% of the outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date, and which constituted a quorum thereof, were present in person or represented by proxy at the 2021 Annual Meeting.
At the 2021 Annual Meeting, NTIC’s stockholders considered four proposals, each of which is set forth below and described in more detail in NTIC’s definitive proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on November 30, 2020.
The final results of NTIC’s stockholder vote at the 2021 Annual Meeting on each proposal brought before NTIC’s stockholders were as follows:
Proposal No. 1 - | The eight director nominees proposed by the Board were elected to serve as members of the Board until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified by the following final voting results: |
| Votes For | | Votes Withheld | | Broker Non-Votes |
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Nancy E. Calderon | 4,598,719 | | 83,709 | | 1,708,343 |
Sarah E. Kemp | 4,578,602 | | 103,826 | | 1,708,343 |
Soo-Keong Koh | 4,578,982 | | 103,446 | | 1,708,343 |
Sunggyu Lee, Ph.D. | 4,579,133 | | 103,295 | | 1,708,343 |
G. Patrick Lynch | 4,603,137 | | 79,291 | | 1,708,343 |
Ramani Narayan, Ph.D. | 4,599,219 | | 83,209 | | 1,708,343 |
Richard J. Nigon | 4,561,394 | | 121,034 | | 1,708,343 |
Konstantin von Falkenhausen | 4,578,531 | | 103,897 | | 1,708,343 |
Proposal No. 2 - | The compensation of NTIC’s named executive officers, as disclosed in NTIC’s proxy statement, was approved, on an advisory basis, by the following final voting results: |
Votes For | | Votes Against | | Votes Abstained | | Broker Non-Votes |
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4,587,863 | | 83,822 | | 10,743 | | 1,708,343 |
Proposal No. 3 - | The ratification of the selection of Baker Tilly US, LLP as NTIC’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2021 was approved by the following final voting results: |
Votes For | | Votes Against | | Votes Abstained | | Broker Non-Votes |
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6,316,949 | | 9,901 | | 63,921 | | N/A |
Proposal No. 4 - | The Northern Technologies International Corporation Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Incentive Plan was approved by the following final voting results: |
Votes For | | Votes Against | | Votes Abstained | | Broker Non-Votes |
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4,548,105 | | 125,921 | | 8,402 | | 1,708,343 |