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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 19, 2020, Altair Engineering Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting were: (i) the election of directors, (ii) approval, on an advisory basis, with respect to the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and (iii) the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2020.
The final voting results were as follows:
| 1. | The stockholders elected nominees James R. Scapa and Steve Earhart as Class III directors of the Company to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2023 annual meeting and until the director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified, or, if sooner, until the director’s death, resignation or removal. The votes were cast with respect to this matter as follows: |
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKER VOTES |
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| James R. Scapa |
336,230,027 |
10,146,182 |
579,138 |
3,173,081 |
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| Steve Earhart |
336,637,321 |
9,728,662 |
589,364 |
3,173,081 |
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| 2. | The votes were cast as follows with respect to the proposal to vote, on an advisory basis, on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement: |
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKER NON- VOTES | |||
| 344,196,351 |
1,238,126 |
1,520,870 |
3,173,081 |
| 3. | The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was approved by the stockholders based upon the following votes: |
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AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKER NON- VOTES | |||
| 350,078,111 |
16,418 |
33,899 |
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| ALTAIR ENGINEERING INC. | ||||||
| Dated: May 26, 2020 |
By: |
/s/ Howard N. Morof | ||||
| Name: |
Howard N. Morof | |||||
| Title: |
Chief Financial Officer | |||||