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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 3, 2021, Molecular Templates, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, a quorum of 41,405,203 shares of the Company’s common stock, or 74% of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote as of the record date of April 7, 2021, were present in person or represented by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders: (1) elected each of Jonathan Lanfear, Scott Morenstein and Corsee Sanders, Ph.D. to the Company’s Board of Directors as a Class II director for a term of three years to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal (“Election of Directors”); (2) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 (“Auditor Ratification”); and (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the meeting (“Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation”). A more complete description of each of these matters is set forth in the Company’s proxy statement.
The number of votes cast in favor or against by the stockholders and the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes on each of the foregoing matters are set forth below.
| 1. Election of Directors | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominee | Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against |
Shares Abstaining |
Broker Non-votes |
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| Jonathan Lanfear |
31,032,684 | 4,227,122 | 4,236 | 6,141,160 | ||||||||||||
| Scott Morenstein |
27,609,666 | 7,650,683 | 3,693 | 6,141,160 | ||||||||||||
| Corsee Sanders, Ph.D. |
31,183,787 | 4,076,189 | 4,066 | 6,141,160 | ||||||||||||
| 2. Auditor Ratification | Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against |
Shares Abstaining |
Broker Non-votes |
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| 41,356,285 | 10,775 | 38,143 | — | |||||||||||||
| 3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Shares Voted For |
Shares Voted Against |
Shares Abstaining |
Broker Non-votes |
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| 34,430,825 | 786,571 | 46,646 | 6,141,160 | |||||||||||||
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.
| Molecular Templates, Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: June 4, 2021 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Eric E. Poma, Ph.D. | |||||
| Name: Eric E. Poma, Ph.D. Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||||