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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On July 22, 2021, Accolade, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of June 21, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 66,037,095 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 44,837,822 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy for the two proposals summarized below.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected the two persons listed below as Class I directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The final voting results are as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| Mr. Jeffrey Jordan | 32,879,532 | 6,233,059 | 72,579 | 5,652,652 | ||||||||||||
| Ms. Cindy Kent | 38,591,277 | 528,825 | 65,068 | 5,652,652 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2022. The final voting results are as follows:
| Votes For | 44,490,712 |
| Votes Against | 281,262 |
| Abstentions | 65,848 |
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.
| Accolade, Inc. | ||
| Dated: July 26, 2021 | ||
| By: | /s/ Rajeev Singh | |
| Rajeev Singh | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||