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<title>duol-20250611</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-20">0001562088</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" id="f-21">false</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="duol-20250611.xsd"/></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0001562088</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2025-06-11</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2025-06-11</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="i742fcf8a74df49078fbfd1dc8f498999_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td 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style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.444%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:18.223%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.444%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:18.223%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.444%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:18.226%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">NOMINEE</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes WITHHELD</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Bing Gordon</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">143,473,040&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">12,774,312&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3,020,619&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">John Lilly</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">155,590,065&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">657,287&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3,020,619&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mario Schlosser</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">156,145,394&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">101,958&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3,020,619&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:0.25pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Proposal 2 </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8212; Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December&#160;31, 2025. </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.358%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.416%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.445%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.416%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.445%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.416%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.445%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.417%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes ABSTAINED</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">159,225,252&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">24,539&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">18,180&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8212;&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:0.25pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Proposal 3 </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8212; Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.</span></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.358%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.416%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.445%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.416%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.445%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.416%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:0.445%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:23.417%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes FOR</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes AGAINST</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Votes ABSTAINED</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">154,319,307&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1,906,517&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">21,528&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3,020,619&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#dbdbdb;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"/></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Based on the foregoing votes, the three director nominees were elected and Proposals 2 and 3 were approved.</span></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:0.25pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">No other matters were submitted for stockholder action at the Annual Meeting.</span></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="i742fcf8a74df49078fbfd1dc8f498999_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:0.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.839%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:46.733%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:3.233%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:46.734%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">DUOLINGO, INC.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date: June 12, 2025</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">/s/ Matthew Skaruppa</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Matthew Skaruppa</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"/><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Chief Financial Officer</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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duol-20250611
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):
June 11, 2025
Duolingo, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-40653
45-3055872
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
5900 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh
,
Pennsylvania
15206
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (
412
)
567-6602
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share
DUOL
The Nasdaq Stock Market
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).
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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.  ☐
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 11, 2025, the Duolingo, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, shares of the Company's Class A common stock and Class B common stock (collectively, the "Common Stock"), representing approximately 97.64% in voting power of the Company's outstanding Common Stock as of the April 15, 2025 record date, were present in person, or by remote communication, or represented by proxy. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote, and each share of Class B common stock is entitled to 20 votes, and the Class A and Class B common stock voted together as a single class on each of the proposals described below. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which were described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2025.
Proposal 1
— Election of three Class I directors to hold office until the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2028 and until their respective successor has been duly elected and qualified.
NOMINEE
Votes FOR
Votes WITHHELD
Broker Non-Votes
Bing Gordon
143,473,040
12,774,312
3,020,619
John Lilly
155,590,065
657,287
3,020,619
Mario Schlosser
156,145,394
101,958
3,020,619
Proposal 2
— Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
Votes FOR
Votes AGAINST
Votes ABSTAINED
Broker Non-Votes
159,225,252
24,539
18,180
—
Proposal 3
— Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
Votes FOR
Votes AGAINST
Votes ABSTAINED
Broker Non-Votes
154,319,307
1,906,517
21,528
3,020,619
Based on the foregoing votes, the three director nominees were elected and Proposals 2 and 3 were approved.
No other matters were submitted for stockholder action at the Annual Meeting.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
DUOLINGO, INC.
Date: June 12, 2025
By:
/s/ Matthew Skaruppa
Matthew Skaruppa
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)