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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) and (b) On August 25, 2021, the Company held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At that meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the matters set forth below.
1. The nominee named below was re-elected as a Class II director for a three year term as follows:
| Name of Nominee |
For | Withheld | Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Keith M. Gehl | 1,220,503 | 262,222 | 750,852 | |||||||||
2. The independent registered public accounting firm of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2022 as follows:
| For | Against | Abstained | ||
| 2,224,187 | 7,859 | 1,531 |
3. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis pursuant to the following votes:
| For | Against | Abstained | Non-Votes | |||
| 1,241,208 | 236,104 | 5,413 | 750,852 |
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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.
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| Kewaunee Scientific Corporation | ||||||
| Date: August 27, 2021 | /s/ Donald T. Gardner III | |||||
| Donald T. Gardner III | ||||||
| Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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