Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On October 20, 2020, Avid Bioservices, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2020 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") in a virtual-only format. Of the
56,602,792 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding (as of the record
date of August 24, 2020) and entitled to vote, 42,766,951 shares were present
in-person virtually or represented by proxy, representing approximately 76% of
the total outstanding shares entitled to vote. The final voting results of each
proposal voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. For more
information about the proposals set forth below, please refer to the Company's
Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 27, 2020.
Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors
The Company's stockholders elected each of the seven nominees named below to
serve on the Company's Board of Directors until the Company's 2021 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders. The votes were as follows:
Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Mark R. Bamforth 22,233,595 3,195,850 17,337,506
Joseph Carleone, Ph.D. 24,967,702 461,743 17,337,506
Nicholas S. Green 25,154,248 275,197 17,337,506
Richard B. Hancock 25,088,133 341,312 17,337,506
Catherine Mackey, Ph.D. 24,661,917 767,528 17,337,506
Gregory P. Sargen 24,974,887 454,558 17,337,506
Patrick D. Walsh 22,117,169 3,312,276 17,337,506
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending April 30, 2021. The votes were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstain
41,486,279 1,139,669 141,003
Proposal No. 3: To Approve, On an Advisory Basis, the Compensation of the Named
Executive Officers
The Company's stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, a non-binding
resolution approving the compensation of the named executive officers as
disclosed in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2020 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders. The votes were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
24,594,280 493,009 342,156 17,337,506
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