IZEA Worldwide Inc.

12/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/16/2024 15:26

Proxy Results Form 8 K

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the December 12, 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, holders of common stock were asked to consider and vote upon the:
1.election of seven directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;
2.approval of an amendment to IZEA's Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 700,000 and to reflect emerging best practices;
3.ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024; and
4.approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to IZEA's named executive officers (commonly known as "say-on-pay");
PROPOSAL 1
Stockholders voted with respect to election of each of the nominees for director identified in the proxy statement as follows:
Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Antonio Bonchristiano 6,224,062 300,982 3,893,696
Rodrigo Boscolo 6,288,761 236,283 3,893,696
Brian W. Brady 5,891,813 633,231 3,893,696
John H. Caron 6,401,092 123,952 3,893,696
Lindsay A. Gardner 5,732,755 792,289 3,893,696
Daniel R. Rua 5,405,385 1,119,659 3,893,696
Patrick J. Venetucci 6,422,697 102,347 3,893,696
As a result of this vote, each of Mr. Bonchristiano, Mr. Boscolo, Mr. Brady, Mr. Caron, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Rua, and Mr. Venetucci was elected as a director to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
PROPOSAL 2
Stockholders voted to amend and restate IZEA's Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan as follows:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes
5,615,433 867,211 42,400 3,893,696
PROPOSAL 3
Stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, as follows:
For Against Abstained
9,887,190 15,468 516,082
PROPOSAL 4
Stockholders voted on a non-binding, advisory basis, with respect to compensation paid to our named executive officers as described in the executive compensation table set forth in the Proxy Statement for the Meeting as follows:
For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes
6,104,174 282,025 138,845 3,893,696