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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Codexis, Inc. (the “Company”) held a virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 14, 2022. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2022 (the “Proxy”). Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 21, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 65,304,060 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The results of the matters voted on by the Company’s stockholders are set forth immediately below.
Proposal No. 1
To elect three Class III Directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to hold office for three-year terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal:
| Number of Votes | ||||||||||||
| Name of Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Byron L. Dorgan |
49,203,911 | 488,841 | 9,065,319 | |||||||||
| David W. Smith |
49,497,052 | 195,700 | 9,065,319 | |||||||||
| John J. Nicols |
48,697,830 | 994,922 | 9,065,319 | |||||||||
Each of the nominees nominated in Proposal No. 1 was elected.
Proposal No. 2
To ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 58,563,826 | 160,111 | 34,134 | ||
As a routine proposal under applicable rules, no broker non-votes were recorded in connection with this proposal.
Proposal No. 2 was approved.
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.
Date: June 16, 2022
| CODEXIS, INC. | ||
| By: |
/s/ Ross Taylor | |
| Name: |
Ross Taylor | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |