WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07.
On June19, 2018, WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (“Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A total of 143,264,445 shares of the Company’s common stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 94% of the total outstanding common stock. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the following five proposals and cast their votes as described below.
| 1. | The Company’s stockholders re-elected the following three nominees as ClassI members to the Board of Directors of the Company to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. |
|
NAME |
FOR |
%VOTED FOR |
WITHHELD |
BROKER NON-VOTES |
|
ANTHONYBOSSONE |
126,010,191 | 99.32% | 856,563 | 16,397,691 |
|
BRUCE LAVINE |
122,882,280 | 96.86% | 3,984,474 | 16,397,691 |
|
JONATHANSTEINBERG |
56,536,161 | 44.56% | 70,330,593 | 16,397,691 |
| 2. | The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst& Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2018. |
|
FOR |
%VOTED FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
| 142,153,030 | 99.36% | 901,838 | 209,577 |
| 3. | The Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of shares of common stock upon conversion of the Company’s Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock issued in connection with the Company’s acquisition of the European exchange-traded commodity, currency and short-and-leveraged business of ETF Securities Limited representing more than 19.99% of the outstanding common stock or voting power of the Company for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635. |
|
FOR |
% VOTED FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKERNON-VOTES |
| 110,948,613 | 99.62% | 422,099 | 246,039 | 16,397,694 |
| 4. | The Company’s stockholders approved a non-binding, advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. |
|
FOR |
% VOTED FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN |
BROKERNON-VOTES |
| 125,223,667 | 99.07% | 1,171,877 | 471,203 | 16,397,698 |
| 5. | The proposal to determine whether the vote on the advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers should occur every one, two or three years was subjected to an advisory vote by the Company’s stockholders. |
|
3 YEARS |
2 YEARS |
1 YEAR |
ABSTAIN |
| 40,083,454 | 258,550 | 84,249,141 | 1,061,883 |
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About WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF)
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. is an asset management company that focuses on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Company’s family of ETFs includes fundamentally weighted funds that track its own indexes, funds that track third party indexes and actively managed funds. The Company operates through exchange traded products (ETP) sponsor and asset manager providing investment advisory services segment. The Company distributes its ETFs through a range of channels within the asset management industry, including brokerage firms, registered investment advisers and institutional investors. The Company offers a family of approximately 86 ETFs. Its portfolio of the United States listed products includes International Hedged Equity ETFs, Equity ETFs, Fixed Income ETFs, Currency ETFs, Alternative Strategy ETFs and Commodity ETFs. Its portfolio of Non-the United States listed products include WisdomTree UCITS ETFs, and Boost Short and Leveraged ETPs.