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Item 5.07—Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Biodesix, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 26, 2021. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on: (i) the election of two Class I director nominees to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify and (ii) the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021.
As of April 26, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 26,858,322 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, both director nominees were elected and the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified. Set forth below are the final voting results for the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
| 1. | At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected, by the vote indicated below, the following two persons as the Class I directors of the Company, each to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify: |
| Name |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Scott Hutton |
19,778,124 | 0 | 677,634 | 827,910 | ||||
| John Patience |
19,746,345 | 0 | 709,413 | 827,910 |
| 2. | At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021, by the vote indicated below: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 21,275,157 |
4,790 | 3,721 | 0 |
Item 9.01—Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Description | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| BIODESIX, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: May 27, 2021 | By: | /s/ Robin Harper Cowie | ||||
| Name: | Robin Harper Cowie | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||