Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 6, 2023, Bumble Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) exclusively online via live audio webcast. The Company’s stockholders voted on four proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”). At the beginning of the Annual Meeting, holders representing 453,260,677 votes of the Company’s Class A common stock and 513,881,482 votes of the Company’s Class B common stock were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which represented 98.56% of the 981,265,597 combined voting power of the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (voting together as a single class), and which constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock have the number of votes per share as described in the Proxy Statement.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals:
| 1. | To elect three Class II directors, each of whom is currently serving on the Company’s board of directors, each to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office. |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. |
| 3. | To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in our Proxy Statement. |
| 4. | To select, on a non-binding advisory basis, whether future advisory votes on the compensation paid by us to our named executive officers should be held every one, two, or three years. |
The final results of voting on each of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting, as certified by the Company’s independent inspector of election, are set forth below.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors.
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Nominee | | Votes For | | Votes Withheld | | Broker Non-Votes |
R. Lynn Atchison | | 937,056,777 | | 20,852,673 | | 9,232,709 |
Matthew S. Bromberg | | 946,371,276 | | 11,538,174 | | 9,232,709 |
Amy M. Griffin | | 930,857,341 | | 27,052,109 | | 9,232,709 |
Each of the three nominees for Class II directors was elected to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office.
Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions |
966,380,848 | | 181,068 | | 580,243 |
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. There were no broker non-votes on this matter.
Proposal 3: Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote To Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation.
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Votes For | | Votes Against | | Abstentions | | Broker Non-Votes |
901,054,033 | | 56,278,769 | | 576,648 | | 9,232,709 |
The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
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