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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of Energous Corporation (the “Company”) held on June 16, 2021, the matters described below were voted on and the numbers of votes cast with respect to each matter were as indicated.
(1) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to elect five members of the Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as follows:
| Name | For |
Withheld |
Broker Non- | |||
| Stephen R. Rizzone |
10,378,626 | 810,583 | 23,633,177 | |||
| Daniel W. Fairfax |
10,205,267 | 983,942 | 23,633,177 | |||
| Rahul Patel |
10,019,290 | 1,169,919 | 23,633,177 | |||
| Reynette Au |
10,068,241 | 1,120,968 | 23,633,177 | |||
| Sheryl Wilkerson |
10,066,541 | 1,122,668 | 23,633,177 |
(2) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, as follows:
| Shares voted in favor: 34,336,723 |
| Shares voted against: 359,055 |
| Shares abstaining: 126,608 |
(3) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to amend and restate 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as follows:
| Shares voted in favor: 8,089,178 |
| Shares voted against: 2,987,972 |
| Shares abstaining: 112,059 |
| Broker non-votes: 23,633,177 |
(4) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to amend and restate Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as follows:
| Shares voted in favor: 9,328,412 |
| Shares voted against: 1,750,299 |
| Shares abstaining: 110,498 |
| Broker non-votes: 23,633,177 |
(5) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to amend and restate Performance Share Unit Plan, as follows:
| Shares voted in favor: 8,103,611 |
| Shares voted against: 2,970,077 |
| Shares abstaining: 115,521 |
| Broker non-votes: 23,633,177 |
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.
| Date: June 17, 2021 | By: | /s/ Brian Sereda | ||||
| Brian Sereda | ||||||
| Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |