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    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">2,068</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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   <tr style="height:11pt;background-color:#ccecff;word-break:break-word;">
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    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">83,276,673</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">102,677,303</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">2,378</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">4,837,974</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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   <tr style="height:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Mark Patterson</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">170,238,583</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">15,715,704</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">2,067</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">4,837,974</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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   <tr style="height:11pt;background-color:#ccecff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Hitoshi Saito</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">185,078,423</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">876,060</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">1,871</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">4,837,974</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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   <tr style="height:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Paula Sutter</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">184,751,606</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">1,202,742</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">2,006</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">4,837,974</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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   <tr style="height:11pt;background-color:#ccecff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Greg Wright</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">145,454,899</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">40,499,387</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">2,068</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Proposal 2.</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">	Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executive officers, were as follows:</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Based on the votes set forth above, the non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executive officers was not approved by the Company&#8217;s stockholders.</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Proposal 3.</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">	Votes regarding the approval of the 2024 Plan, were as follows:</span></p>
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    <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">Proposal 4.</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;min-width:fit-content;">	</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Votes regarding the ratification of the audit committee&#8217;s appointment of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2024, were as follows:</span></p>
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    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">5,916,813</span></p></td>
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    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">897,084</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:11pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was duly ratified by the Company&#8217;s stockholders.</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Item 9.01</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> 	</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">(d) Exhibits:</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
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    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
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    <td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0.011111111111111112in;text-align:left;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1605607/000119312524141727/d840985dex991.htm"><span style="color:#0000ff;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline;min-width:fit-content;">2024 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May 17, 2024</span></a></p></td>
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8-K
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 16, 2024
Paramount Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland
001-36746
32-0439307
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1633 Broadway
New York
,
New York
10019
(Address of Principal Executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (
212
)
237-3100
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 (see General Instructions A.2.):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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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
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock of Paramount Group, Inc., $0.01 par value per share
PGRE
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 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As described below in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, on May 16, 2024, the stockholders of Paramount Group, Inc. (the "Company") voted at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") to approve the Company's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2024 Plan"). The 2024 Plan will replace the Company's Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. The 2024 Plan is designed to enhance the flexibility to grant equity awards to the Company's officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants, all of whom are eligible to participate in the 2024 Plan, subject to the discretion of the administrator, and to ensure that the Company can continue to grant equity awards to eligible recipients. The maximum number of shares of common stock to be issued under the 2024 Plan is 24,778,731. The 2024 Plan previously had been approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") on March 18, 2024 and became effective upon receipt of stockholder approval on May 16, 2024 at the Annual Meeting. The term of the 2024 Plan will expire on March 18, 2034.
A detailed summary of the material features of the 2024 Plan is set forth in Proposal 3 to the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2024. That detailed summary of the 2024 Plan and any description contained herein are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the 2024 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth below in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding compliance by Katharina Otto-Bernstein, as a member of the Board, with the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines and reappointment to the Board is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 16, 2024, the Company held its Annual Meeting in New York, New York. As of the record date, there were a total of 217,329,254 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting and a statement of the number of votes cast for or against, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable.
Proposal 1.
Votes regarding the election of the persons named below as directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2025 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, were as follows:
Broker
Names of Directors
For
Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Albert Behler
179,709,338
6,225,358
21,658
4,837,974
Thomas Armbrust
173,923,853
12,030,047
2,454
4,837,974
Martin Bussmann
168,811,191
17,142,640
2,523
4,837,974
Karin Klein
184,784,633
1,169,653
2,068
4,837,974
Katharina Otto-Bernstein
(1)
83,276,673
102,677,303
2,378
4,837,974
Mark Patterson
170,238,583
15,715,704
2,067
4,837,974
Hitoshi Saito
185,078,423
876,060
1,871
4,837,974
Paula Sutter
184,751,606
1,202,742
2,006
4,837,974
Greg Wright
145,454,899
40,499,387
2,068
4,837,974
(1)
As noted, Ms. Otto-Bernstein received less than a majority of the votes cast in connection with her election to the Board and in accordance with the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, Ms. Otto-Bernstein offered to tender her resignation as a director of the Company on May 16, 2024. The Board rejected Ms. Otto-Bernstein's offer to tender her resignation and reappointed Ms. Otto-Bernstein to serve as a director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2025 and until her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until her earlier resignation or removal. The Board directed the Company to engage its stockholders on any issues that may have led stockholders to vote against Ms. Otto-Bernstein.
Based on the votes set forth above, each of the foregoing persons was duly elected or appointed to serve as a director for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2025 and until the directors' successors have been duly elected and qualified or until a given director's earlier resignation or removal.
Proposal 2.
Votes regarding a non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, were as follows:
Broker
For
Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
92,351,033
93,596,497
8,824
4,837,974
Based on the votes set forth above, the non-binding, advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was not approved by the Company's stockholders.
Proposal 3.
Votes regarding the approval of the 2024 Plan, were as follows:
Broker
For
Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
133,374,936
44,850,634
7,730,784
4,837,974
Based on the votes set forth above, the 2024 Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders.
Proposal 4.
Votes regarding the ratification of the audit committee's appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2024, were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
183,980,431
5,916,813
897,084
Based on the votes set forth above, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company to serve for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was duly ratified by the Company's stockholders.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
2024 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May 17, 2024
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
PARAMOUNT GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Gage Johnson
Name:
Gage Johnson
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Date: May 17, 2024