SEC Form 8-K filed by Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc.
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
General
On June 10, 2024, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the purpose of considering and acting upon the following matters:
| • | to elect four directors of the Company to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified (the “Election Proposal”); |
| • | to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 (the “Ratification Proposal”); |
| • | to amend the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the plan by 2,000,000 shares (the “Plan Proposal”); |
| • | to obtain non-binding advisory approval of the compensation of our named executive officers (the “Compensation Proposal”); and |
| • | to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. |
No other business came before the meeting.
Voting Results
Election Proposal
With respect to the Election Proposal, the four individuals named below were elected to serve as directors in accordance with the following vote:
| Nominee |
For |
Withheld | ||
| Mark D. Gordon |
8,709,123 | 304,648 | ||
| Mark B. Justh |
8,748,545 | 265,226 | ||
| Jon D. Sawyer |
8,742,457 | 271,314 | ||
| Todd E. Siegel |
8,557,161 | 456,610 |
Ratification Proposal
With respect to the Ratification Proposal, the results of the vote were as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 13,732,076 | 806,710 | 12,442 |
Plan Proposal
With respect to the Plan Proposal, the results of the vote were as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 7,135,370 | 1,807,865 | 70,536 |
Compensation Proposal
With respect to the Compensation Proposal, the results of the vote were as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 8,553,127 | 406,692 | 53,952 |
Broker Non-Votes
There were 5,537,457 broker non-votes with respect to the Election Proposal, the Plan Proposal and the Compensation Proposal. Broker non-votes were not relevant to the Ratification Proposal.
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.
| ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: June 11, 2024 | By: | /s/ Mark D. Gordon | ||||
| Mark D. Gordon | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||