Bandwidth Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 29, 2025
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 29, 2025, Bandwidth Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders voted on four proposals at the Meeting, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2025. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock were entitled to one vote for each share held as of the close of business on April 2, 2025 (the “Record Date”) and holders of the Company’s Class B common stock were entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the close of business on the Record Date. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock voted as a single class on all matters. Present at the Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 22,021,286.25 shares of Class A common stock and 1,956,777 shares of Class B common stock, together representing a total of 41,589,056.25 votes, or 87.86% of the eligible votes as of the Record Date, and constituting a quorum. The results with respect to each proposal are set forth below:
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors.
The stockholders elected the persons named below as Class II directors to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The results of such vote were:
| Nominee | For | Withheld/Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| John C. Murdock | 24,231,077.25 | 12,842,556.81 | 4,515,422.19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Douglas A. Suriano | 28,141,462.25 | 8,932,171.81 | 4,515,422.19 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2 — Approval of the Company’s Third Amended and Restated 2017 Incentive Award Plan.
The stockholders approved the Company’s Third Amended and Restated 2017 Incentive Award Plan. The results of such vote were:
| For | Against | Withheld/Abstain | ||||||||||||
| 22,582,858.25 | 14,462,531.81 | 28,244 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 3 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The results of such vote were:
| For | Against | Withheld/Abstain | ||||||||||||
| 41,541,461.25 | 32,745 | 14,850 | ||||||||||||
Proposal 4 — Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.
The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of such vote were:
| For | Against | Withheld/Abstain | ||||||||||||
| 29,583,420.25 | 7,457,816.81 | 32,397 | ||||||||||||
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.
| BANDWIDTH INC. | ||||||||
| Date: May 30, 2025 | By: | /s/ R. Brandon Asbill | ||||||
| Name: | R. Brandon Asbill | |||||||
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||