Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 29, 2019, Tocagen Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 4, 2019, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 23,270,962 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A summary of the matters voted upon by stockholders at the Annual Meeting is set forth below.
A total of 17,436,475 shares of the Company’s common stock were present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, which represents approximately 75% of the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1. Election of Directors.
The Company’s stockholders elected the three persons listed below as Class II Directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The final voting results are as follows:
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Name | | Votes For | | | Votes Withheld | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
Franklin M. Berger | | | 5,365,864 | | | | 3,754,820 | | | | 8,315,791 | |
Lori Kunkel, M.D. | | | 7,720,648 | | | | 1,400,036 | | | | 8,315,791 | |
David Parkinson, M.D. | | | 4,999,706 | | | | 4,120,978 | | | | 8,315,791 | |
Proposal 2. Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The final voting results are as follows:
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstention | | BrokerNon-Votes |
16,807,037 | | 40,487 | | 588,951 | | — |