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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Quanterix Corporation (the “Company”) held on June 23, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of the Company voted on and approved the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2022 (File No. 001-38319) (the “Proxy Statement”): (1) to elect Sarah E. Hlavinka, Masoud Toloue, Ph.D. and David R. Walt, Ph.D. as Class II directors to each serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2025, and until their successors have been elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal (“Proposal 1”); (2) an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement (“Proposal 2”); (3) an advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Proposal 3”); and (4) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (“Proposal 4”).
The tabulation of votes with respect to the proposals at the Annual Meeting was as follows:
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors:
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Sarah E. Hlavinka | 19,406,047 | 7,160,311 | 4,493,483 | |||||||||
| Masoud Toloue, Ph.D. | 26,413,136 | 153,222 | 4,493,483 | |||||||||
| David R. Walt, Ph.D. | 17,734,790 | 8,831,568 | 4,493,483 | |||||||||
Proposal 2 — Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 24,271,822 | 2,284,455 | 10,081 | 4,493,483 | |||||||||||
Proposal 3 — Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Holding an Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers:
| One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||
| 26,300,255 | 39,496 | 218,634 | 7,973 | 4,493,483 | ||||||||||||||
Proposal 4 — Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 30,947,559 | 107,082 | 5,200 | ||||||||
In accordance with the advisory vote on Proposal 3, the Company has determined to hold the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers each year.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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Description | |
| 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 thereunto duly authorized.
| QUANTERIX CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ John Fry | |
| John Fry | ||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||
Date: June 27, 2022