MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item5.07
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
On June8, 2017, MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (the Company) held its
2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the 2017 Annual Meeting). A
total of 34,755,013 shares of common stock were present or
represented by proxy at the 2017 Annual Meeting, representing
93.70% of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at
the meeting. The proposals voted upon and the final results of
the vote were as follows:
Proposal 1 Election of Directors. The results
were as follows:
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Director |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
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Richard M. McVey |
32,439,014 | 287,994 | 101,331 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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Steven L. Begleiter |
32,789,374 | 32,018 | 6,947 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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Stephen P. Casper |
32,565,744 | 255,613 | 6,982 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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Jane Chwick |
32,774,419 | 47,116 | 6,804 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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William F. Cruger |
32,780,972 | 40,066 | 7,301 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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David G. Gomach |
32,669,091 | 152,265 | 6,983 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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Carlos M. Hernandez |
32,601,636 | 219,720 | 6,983 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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Richard G. Ketchum |
32,784,096 | 37,260 | 6,983 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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John Steinhardt |
32,647,553 | 173,804 | 6,982 | 1,926,674 | ||||||||||||
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James J. Sullivan |
32,789,488 | 31,868 | 6,983 | 1,926,674 |
Proposal 2 Ratification of the selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys independent registered
public accounting firm for the year ending December31, 2017. The
results were as follows:
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For |
Against |
Abstain |
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34,373,716 |
190,159 |
191,138 |
Proposal 3 Advisory vote on the compensation of
the Companys named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy
statement to the SECs compensation disclosure rules (referred to
as the say-on-pay proposal). The results were as follows:
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For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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31,822,579 |
492,085 | 513,675 | 1,926,674 |
Proposal 4 Advisory vote on the frequency of
future advisory votes on the compensation of the Companys named
executive officers. The results are below. One year received the
greatest number of votes. Based on these results, and consistent
with the Boards recommendation, the Board has determined that the
Company will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation on
an annual basis until the next stockholder advisory vote on the
frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation.
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One Year |
Two Years |
Three Years |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes |
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28,989,987 |
3,152 |
3,830,285 |
4,915 |
1,926,674 |
For more information on the 2017 Annual Meeting and the foregoing
proposals, see the Companys proxy statement dated April26, 2017.
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About MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX)
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MarketAxess) is an electronic trading platform. The Company operates as an electronic multi-party platform for the trading of fixed-income securities and provides related data, analytics, compliance tools and post-trade services. The Company’s multi-dealer trading platform allows its institutional investor clients to request bids or offers from its broker-dealer clients and execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice from among those that choose to respond. The Company offers its broker-dealer clients a solution that allows them to reach institutional investor clients for the distribution and trading of bonds. The Company’s trading platform provides access to global liquidity in the United States high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets and high-yield bonds, European bonds, the United States agency bonds, credit derivatives and other fixed-income securities.