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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">o</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:17pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:right"><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="i3bad54db128641f383ecb5c39af85280_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:43pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Item 5.07</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%">The results of voting on Proposals 1 through 7 (as numbered in the company&#8217;s 2023 Proxy Statement) submitted to the company&#8217;s shareholders for consideration at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 3, 2023, are set forth below.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Proposal 1.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  In an uncontested election, each of the following nominees was elected to the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;), according to the following votes:</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.208%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.845%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td 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style="width:0.624%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non-Votes</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Richard D. Clarke</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">227,427,081</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,357,956</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">207,861</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">James S. Crown</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">213,873,226</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">14,916,287</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">203,385</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Rudy F. deLeon</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">225,826,507</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,955,766</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">210,625</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cecil D. Haney</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">211,299,068</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,491,329</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">202,501</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Mark M. Malcolm</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">227,604,147</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,173,936</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">214,815</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">James N. Mattis</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">224,894,752</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,895,372</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">202,774</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Phebe N. Novakovic</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">219,631,423</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9,151,050</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">210,425</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">C. Howard Nye</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">225,564,757</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,213,204</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">214,937</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Catherine B. Reynolds</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">227,549,487</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,229,447</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">213,964</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Laura J. Schumacher</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">222,776,683</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5,996,061</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">220,154</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Robert K. Steel</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">225,018,095</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,754,778</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">220,025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">John G. Stratton</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">178,627,776</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">50,140,051</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">225,071</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Peter A. Wall</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">225,032,298</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,742,821</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">217,779</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Proposal 2.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  Shareholders approved the amendment to the company&#8217;s Delaware charter to limit the liability of officers as permitted by law.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.208%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.845%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.624%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non-Votes</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Approval of Amendment to</span></div><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Delaware Charter to Limit </span></div><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Liability of Officers as Permitted </span></div><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;by Law</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">205,866,015</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">22,778,837</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">348,046</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt;padding-left:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Proposal 3.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the selection of KPMG LLP as the company&#8217;s independent auditor for 2023.</span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.208%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.845%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.624%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non-Votes</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Advisory Vote to Approve  KPMG </span></div><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;as Independent Auditor</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">248,041,089</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,020,972</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">239,765</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:43pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">-2-</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:43pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:102%">Proposal 4.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">Shareholders</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">approved,</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">on</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">an</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">advisory</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">basis,</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">the</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">compensation</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">paid</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">to</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">the</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">company&#8217;s</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">named</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">executive officers (&#8220;NEOs&#8221;), as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K and contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, accompanying footnotes and narrative discussion.</span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.208%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.845%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.624%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non-Votes</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Advisory Vote to Approve</span></div><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Executive Compensation</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">220,202,167</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,344,257</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">446,474</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;padding-left:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:102%">Proposal 5.  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">Shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, that Future Advisory Compensation Votes (as defined in the 2023 Proxy Statement) be held every year.</span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.355%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.785%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.883%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.883%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.883%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.883%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.619%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.883%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Every<br/>Year</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Every <br/>Two Years</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Every<br/>Three Years</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Abstain</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Broker<br/>Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Advisory Compensation Votes</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">201,161,873</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">317,266</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">27,203,055</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">310,704</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In accordance with our shareholders&#8217; recommendation to hold Future Advisory Compensation Votes every year, as well as our  Board&#8217;s policy to hold advisory votes to approve the compensation paid to the company&#8217;s NEOs on an annual basis, the company has determined that it is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders to hold an advisory vote to approve executive compensation every year. </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:102%">Proposal 6.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:102%">  Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board publish a report with the results of a Human Rights Impact Assessment relating to actual and potential human rights impacts associated with the company&#8217;s products and services.</span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.208%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.845%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.624%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non-Votes</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Shareholder Proposal to Request a </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Human Rights Impact Assessment</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">57,073,745</span></td><td 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style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Proposal 7.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board adopt an enduring policy, 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style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.621%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.021%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.624%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Non-Votes</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Shareholder Proposal to Require an</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Independent Board Chairman</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">90,331,933</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">138,300,426</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">360,539</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23,308,928</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:43pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">-3-</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:43pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">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 thereunto duly authorized.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:7pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.648%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.723%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.873%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.821%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.183%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">by</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Gregory S. Gallopoulos</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Secretary</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Authorized&#160;Officer)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dated: May 5, 2023</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:43pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">-4-</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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gd-20230505
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
May 5, 2023
(May 3, 2023)
Commission File Number
1-3671
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-1673581
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
11011 Sunset Hills Road
Reston,
Virginia
20190
Address of principal executive offices
Zip code
(
703
)
876-3000
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
GD
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The results of voting on Proposals 1 through 7 (as numbered in the company's 2023 Proxy Statement) submitted to the company's shareholders for consideration at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 3, 2023, are set forth below.
Proposal 1.
In an uncontested election, each of the following nominees was elected to the Board of Directors (the "Board"), according to the following votes:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Richard D. Clarke
227,427,081
1,357,956
207,861
23,308,928
James S. Crown
213,873,226
14,916,287
203,385
23,308,928
Rudy F. deLeon
225,826,507
2,955,766
210,625
23,308,928
Cecil D. Haney
211,299,068
17,491,329
202,501
23,308,928
Mark M. Malcolm
227,604,147
1,173,936
214,815
23,308,928
James N. Mattis
224,894,752
3,895,372
202,774
23,308,928
Phebe N. Novakovic
219,631,423
9,151,050
210,425
23,308,928
C. Howard Nye
225,564,757
3,213,204
214,937
23,308,928
Catherine B. Reynolds
227,549,487
1,229,447
213,964
23,308,928
Laura J. Schumacher
222,776,683
5,996,061
220,154
23,308,928
Robert K. Steel
225,018,095
3,754,778
220,025
23,308,928
John G. Stratton
178,627,776
50,140,051
225,071
23,308,928
Peter A. Wall
225,032,298
3,742,821
217,779
23,308,928
Proposal 2.
Shareholders approved the amendment to the company's Delaware charter to limit the liability of officers as permitted by law.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Approval of Amendment to
Delaware Charter to Limit
Liability of Officers as Permitted
by Law
205,866,015
22,778,837
348,046
23,308,928
Proposal 3.
Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the selection of KPMG LLP as the company's independent auditor for 2023.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Advisory Vote to Approve  KPMG
as Independent Auditor
248,041,089
4,020,972
239,765
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Proposal 4.
Shareholders
approved,
on
an
advisory
basis,
the
compensation
paid
to
the
company's
named
executive officers ("NEOs"), as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K and contained in the 2023 Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, accompanying footnotes and narrative discussion.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Advisory Vote to Approve
Executive Compensation
220,202,167
8,344,257
446,474
23,308,928
Proposal 5.
Shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, that Future Advisory Compensation Votes (as defined in the 2023 Proxy Statement) be held every year.
Every
Year
Every
Two Years
Every
Three Years
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future
Advisory Compensation Votes
201,161,873
317,266
27,203,055
310,704
23,308,928
In accordance with our shareholders' recommendation to hold Future Advisory Compensation Votes every year, as well as our  Board's policy to hold advisory votes to approve the compensation paid to the company's NEOs on an annual basis, the company has determined that it is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders to hold an advisory vote to approve executive compensation every year.
Proposal 6.
Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board publish a report with the results of a Human Rights Impact Assessment relating to actual and potential human rights impacts associated with the company's products and services.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Shareholder Proposal to Request a
Human Rights Impact Assessment
57,073,745
170,298,302
1,620,851
23,308,928
Proposal 7.
Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board adopt an enduring policy, and amend the company's governing documents as necessary in order that two separate people hold the office of Chairman and the office of Chief Executive Officer.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Shareholder Proposal to Require an
Independent Board Chairman
90,331,933
138,300,426
360,539
23,308,928
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SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
by
/s/ Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Gregory S. Gallopoulos
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
(Authorized Officer)
Dated: May 5, 2023
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