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Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Organization or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
At the annual meeting of shareholders of Revvity, Inc. (the “Company”) held on April 22, 2025, the shareholders voted on and approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Restated Articles of Organization, as amended (the “Articles of Organization”), to implement a majority voting standard for specified corporate actions (the “Majority Voting Standard”). On April 23, 2025, the Company filed articles of amendment to the Articles of Organization (the “Articles of Amendment”) with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the “Secretary of the Commonwealth”) to effect the amendments to the Articles of Organization approved by the shareholders. Subsequently, on the same day, the Company filed articles of correction to the Articles of Organization (the “Articles of Correction”) with the Secretary of the Commonwealth to include a page of the Articles of Amendment that was included in the Company’s transmission of the Articles of Amendment to the Secretary of the Commonwealth but which was not received by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Copies of the Articles of Amendment and the Articles of Correction, both effective as of April 23, 2025, are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the Majority Voting Standard, the board of directors of the Company approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws (prior to such amendment and restatement, the “Prior By-laws”) to, among other updates, implement the Majority Voting Standard (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated By-laws”) effective as of April 24, 2025. A copy of the Amended and Restated By-laws, in redline form to show the amendments made by the Company to the Prior By-laws, is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.3 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company held on April 22, 2025, the shareholders voted on the following proposals:
• | a proposal to elect the ten nominees for director named below for terms of one year each; |
• | a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year; |
• | a proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation; |
• | a proposal to amend the Company’s Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, and the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws to implement the Majority Voting Standard; and |
• | a shareholder proposal regarding ability to call special shareholder meeting. |
The shareholders elected each of the nominees to serve as a director for a term of one year. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining and the number of broker non-votes for each nominee are listed below. The proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation, and the proposal to amend the Company’s Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, and the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws to implement the Majority Voting Standard were also approved. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from voting on those three proposals and the number of broker non-votes on the executive compensation proposal and the Majority Voting Standard proposal are listed below. The shareholder proposal regarding ability to call special shareholder meeting was approved. The final number of votes cast for or against or abstaining from voting and the number of broker non-votes on that proposal are listed below.
Proposal #1 – To elect the following nominees as our directors for terms of one year each:
Name | Votes in Favor | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Peter Barrett, PhD |
97,163,257 | 4,306,671 | 54,311 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Samuel R. Chapin |
100,030,553 | 1,420,897 | 72,789 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Michael A. Klobuchar |
101,183,877 | 280,115 | 60,247 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Michelle McMurray-Heath, MD, PhD |
101,281,324 | 193,378 | 49,537 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Alexis P. Michas |
98,367,736 | 3,103,143 | 53,360 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Prahlad R. Singh, PhD |
101,268,785 | 197,380 | 58,074 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Sophie V. Vandebroek, PhD |
101,272,302 | 198,804 | 53,133 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Michael Vounatsos |
98,842,306 | 2,608,120 | 73,813 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Frank Witney, PhD |
100,141,849 | 1,322,316 | 60,074 | 4,155,796 | ||||||||||||
Pascale Witz |
101,267,012 | 197,912 | 59,315 | 4,155,796 |
Proposal #2 – To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
103,598,283 | 1,968,762 | 112,990 | 0 |
Proposal #3 – To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
92,835,062 | 8,444,564 | 244,613 | 4,155,796 |
Proposal #4 – To amend the Company’s Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, and the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws to implement the Majority Voting Standard.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
98,409,372 | 363,712 | 2,751,155 | 4,155,796 |
Proposal #5- Shareholder proposal regarding ability to call special shareholder meeting.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
66,916,220 | 35,272,422 | 335,597 | 4,155,796 |
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
Description | |
3.1 | Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, effective as of April 23, 2025. | |
3.2 | Articles of Correction to Restated Articles of Organization, as amended, effective as of April 23, 2025. | |
3.3 | Amended and Restated By-laws, redlined for amendments effective as of April 24, 2025. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURE
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.
REVVITY, INC. | ||||||
Date: April 25, 2025 | By: | /s/ John L. Healy | ||||
John L. Healy | ||||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary |