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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 14, 2023, 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 stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as follows:
| Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Reynette Au |
21,122,033 | 4,197,870 | 27,759,021 | |||
| Rahul Patel |
21,349,806 | 3,970,097 | 27,759,021 | |||
| Sheryl Wilkerson |
20,621,708 | 4,698,195 | 27,759,021 | |||
| J. Michael Dodson |
22,018,833 | 3,301,070 | 27,759,021 | |||
| David Roberson |
22,000,856 | 3,319,047 | 27,759,021 | |||
| Cesar Johnston |
21,695,942 | 3,623,961 | 27,759,021 |
(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, 2023, as follows:
Shares voted in favor: 51,454,641
Shares voted against: 1,289,620
Shares abstaining: 334,663
(3) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers, as follows:
Shares voted in favor: 20,237,588
Shares voted against: 4,609,498
Shares abstaining: 472,817
Broker non-votes: 27,759,021
(4) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to amend and restate the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as follows:
Shares voted in favor: 19,869,141
Shares voted against: 5,021,314
Shares abstaining: 429,448
Broker non-votes: 27,759,021
(5) Holders of the Company’s common stock voted to amend and restate the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as follows:
Shares voted in favor: 20,893,226
Shares voted against: 4,037,825
Shares abstaining: 388,852
Broker non-votes: 27,759,021
(6) Holders of the Company’s common stock approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split by a ratio not to exceed 1-for-20, as follows:
Shares voted in favor: 46,869,487
Shares voted against: 5,629,203
Shares abstaining: 580,234
(7) Holders of the Company’s common stock did not approve an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to effect an effective increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock to a number that is calculated as the current authorized common share amount multiplied by 2x (two times) the final reverse stock split ratio, as follows:
Shares voted in favor: 44,760,888
Shares voted against: 7,730,487
Shares abstaining: 587,549
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.
| ENERGOUS CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: June 21, 2023 | By: | /s/ William Mannina | ||||
| William Mannina | ||||||
| Acting Chief Financial Officer | ||||||