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Proxy contests and exempt solicitations in last 3 years

No recent proxy contest or exempt solicitation filings from shareholders.

Vote support at last AGM

The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results were as follows:
1.To elect 11 directors to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until that person’s successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
Each of the 11 nominees for director was elected, and the voting results are set forth below:

Name of Director	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes

Mariann Byerwalter	407,581,888	4,635,432	300,534	34,504,991
Alexander S. Friedman	407,248,832	4,965,863	303,159	34,504,991
Gregory E. Johnson	407,733,881	4,574,639	209,334	34,504,991
Jennifer M. Johnson	410,306,690	2,035,089	176,075	34,504,991
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.	410,217,552	1,999,663	300,639	34,504,991
John Y. Kim	406,849,896	5,370,811	297,147	34,504,991
Karen M. King	410,148,334	2,073,276	296,244	34,504,991
Anthony J. Noto	407,571,200	4,686,560	260,094	34,504,991
John W. Thiel	409,797,207	2,436,367	284,280	34,504,991
Seth H. Waugh	409,406,995	2,828,794	282,065	34,504,991
Geoffrey Y. Yang	393,082,875	19,153,259	281,720	34,504,991

2.To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.
The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified, and the voting results are set forth below:


For	Against	Abstain
441,966,074	4,826,752	230,019

3.To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, and the voting results are set forth below:


For	Against	Abstain
387,292,965	24,860,356	364,533

4.To hold an advisory vote on how frequently stockholders believe the Company should obtain future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
A majority has approved to hold an advisory vote every three years on whether stockholders approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.


1 year	2 years	3 years	Abstain
176,478,564	651,758	234,946,943	440,589