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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
Vivid Seats Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 7, 2022. For more information on the following proposals, see the Company’s proxy statement dated April 27, 2022. A total of 193,410,002 shares of the Company’s common stock were present electronically or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing 97.99% percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the April 12, 2022 record date. At the Annual Meeting, the following proposals were adopted by the votes specified below:
Proposal 1. Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following directors as a Class I director to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting. The results of the voting were as follows:
| Name |
Number of Shares Voted For |
Number of Shares Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Stanley Chia |
179,974,271 | 6,698,869 | 6,736,862 | |||
| Jane DeFlorio |
185,251,593 | 1,421,547 | 6,736,862 | |||
| David Donnini |
177,144,935 | 9,528,205 | 6,736,862 |
Proposal 2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 193,365,499 |
275 | 44,228 |
Broadridge Financial Services acted as independent proxy tabulator and Inspector of Election at the Annual Meeting.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Vivid Seats Inc. | ||||||
| Date: June 8, 2022 | By: | /s/ Lawrence Fey | ||||
| Lawrence Fey | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||