Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
a) Under plurality voting, the four nominees who receive the most "Voted For" votes are elected as directors. The certified tabulation of voting results provided by the independent inspector of elections is set forth below. Each of the persons named below was elected to the Company's board of directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or his earlier resignation or removal:
Board of Director's Nominees: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Vote Flavio De Paulis 186,940,768 1,568,590 51,542,947 Piercarlo Gramaglia 186,940,768 1,568,590 51,542,947 Tim S. Ledwick 186,963,670 1,545,688 51,542,947 Steven E. Quick 187,002,483 1,506,875 51,542,947
b) According to the certified tabulation of voting results provided by the
independent inspector of elections, the stockholders ratified the appointment of
Votes For Votes Against Abstain 239,152,536 857,614 42,155
c) According to the certified tabulation of voting results provided by the independent inspector of elections, the stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The results of the vote are in the table below:
Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 183,433,318 4,304,651 771,389 51,542,947
There were no broker non-votes for matter b) listed above.
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