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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
QuinStreet, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on October 25, 2021. Of the 54,124,984 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of September 1, 2021 (the record date), 49,698,923 shares, or 91.82%, were present or represented by proxy at the meeting. Four proposals were considered at the meeting.
Proposal One. The stockholders elected the Company’s three Class III nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to each serve for a three-year term, each until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The table below presents the results of the election:
| Name |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Anna Fieler |
44,679,943 | 96,034 | 4,922,946 | |||
| Andrew Sheehan |
43,646,063 | 1,129,914 | 4,922,946 | |||
| Douglas Valenti |
42,889,543 | 1,886,434 | 4,922,946 |
Proposal Two. The stockholders approved the Company’s employee stock purchase plan, as set forth in the Company’s 2021 Proxy Statement. The table below presents the voting results on this proposal:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 44,688,562 |
86,836 | 579 | 4,922,946 |
Proposal Three. The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. The table below presents the voting results on this proposal:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 47,134,341 | 2,558,190 | 6,392 |
Proposal Four. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s 2021 Proxy Statement. The table below presents the voting results on this proposal:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 42,913,725 |
1,831,151 | 31,101 | 4,922,946 |
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.
| QUINSTREET, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: October 26, 2021 | By: | /s/ Martin J. Collins | ||||
| Martin J. Collins | ||||||
| Chief Legal & Privacy Officer | ||||||