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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company’s stockholders voted on: (i) the election of each of the Company’s five nominees for Director for a one-year term expiring in 2025; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending February 1, 2025; and (iii) the approval, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
The results of the voting were as follows:
For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |
Election of Directors | ||||
Turki Saleh A. AlRajhi | 8,208,200 | 1,450,730 | 33,663 | 0 |
Hussan Arshad | 9,595,833 | 63,097 | 33,663 | 0 |
Douglas Edwards | 9,605,829 | 52,526 | 34,248 | 0 |
Muhammad Asif Seemab | 8,145,986 | 1,513,294 | 33,313 | 0 |
Muhammad Umair | 9,602,313 | 56,967 | 33,313 | 0 |
Ratification of the Appointment Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 9,641,828 | 37,366 | 13,399 | 0 |
Compensation Paid to Named Executive Officers (“Say-on-Pay”) | 2,817,695 | 6,796,623 | 78,275 | 0 |
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Following their election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company appointed the membership and leadership of each of the Company’s Board committees as follows:
Audit Committee | Human Capital & Compensation Committee | Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee | ||
Hussan Arshad (Chair) | Muhammad Asif Seemab (Chair) | Muhammad Asif Seemab (Chair) | ||
Douglas Edwards | Turki Saleh A. AlRajhi | Hussan Arshad | ||
Douglas Edwards | ||||
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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.
Date: May 22, 2024
THE CHILDREN’S PLACE, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Jared Shure | ||
Name: | Jared Shure | ||
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
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