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(Former Name or
Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
DLHC
Nasdaq Capital Market
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Item
5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
DLH Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 12, 2020 in New York, New York. The results of the matters voted on by the shareholders are set forth below. Only shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 22, 2020 were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 12,297,610 shares of common stock of the Company were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 11,145,844 shares of common stock of the
Company were represented, in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The proposals presented to the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on January 28, 2020. The final results for each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1 – Election of seven directors nominated by the Board to serve until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified
The seven nominees who
received the highest number of votes (all of the below individuals) were elected to the board of directors to hold office for a one-year term and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. The shareholders voted to elect the following directors by the votes indicated below:
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
James P. Allen
8,663,823
151,387
2,330,634
Martin
J. Delaney
8,212,474
602,736
2,330,634
Dr. Elder Granger
8,476,251
338,959
2,330,634
Dr.
Frances M. Murphy
8,039,582
775,628
2,330,634
Zachary C. Parker
8,212,492
602,718
2,330,634
Frederick
G. Wasserman
8,751,059
64,151
2,330,634
Austin J. Yerks
7,937,653
877,557
2,330,634
Proposal
2 – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K and contained in the Company’s Proxy Statement, by the following votes:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
7,082,357
1,721,734
11,119
2,330,634
Proposal 3 – Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Withum, Smith + Brown, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020, by the following votes:
For
Against
Abstain
11,133,154
7,703
4,987
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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.