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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The proposals set forth below were submitted to the stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 22, 2022, with each such proposal described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2022.
The number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 147,692,968. The number of shares of common stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 133,164,046. The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal voted upon are set forth below.
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected the five (5) director nominees below to the Company’s Board of Directors as Class III directors to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
| Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld |
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| Neil Kumar, Ph.D. |
112,924,348 | 6,096,762 | ||||||
| Charles Homcy, M.D. |
109,537,091 | 9,484,019 | ||||||
| Douglas A. Dachille |
118,514,496 | 506,614 | ||||||
| Ronald J. Daniels |
107,002,393 | 12,018,717 | ||||||
| Andrew W. Lo, Ph.D. |
111,056,244 | 7,964,866 | ||||||
There were 14,142,936 broker non-votes regarding this proposal.
Proposal 2 - Non-binding Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers.
The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 89,350,927 |
29,575,838 | 94,345 |
There were 14,142,936 broker non-votes regarding this proposal.
Proposal 3 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||
| 133,007,825 |
128,809 | 27,412 |
There were zero broker non-votes regarding this proposal.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number |
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: June 24, 2022 | /s/ Brian C. Stephenson | |||||
| Brian C. Stephenson | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||