Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of stockholders of Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (the "Company") was held on April
20
,
2017
.
The stockholders voted on proposals to elect directors to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board")
,
to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor
, to approve executive compensation and to determine the frequency of voting on executive compensation.
All nominees for election to the Board were elected for a one year term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in the following year. Each director will hold office until his successor has been elected and qualified or until the director's earlier resignation or removal.
The number of votes cast for or against and the number of abstentions with respect to each proposal is set forth below. The Company's independent inspector of election reported the vote of the stockholders as follows:
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Election of Directors (percentages shown are of the votes cast)
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Broker
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Non-Vote
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Thomas Peterffy
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377,255,900
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15,386,880
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30,146
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8,324,756
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96.07%
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3.92%
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0.01%
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Earl H. Nemser
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376,555,608
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16,085,187
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32,131
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8,324,756
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95.90%
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4.09%
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0.01%
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Milan Galik
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385,146,122
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7,494,861
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31,943
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8,324,756
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98.08%
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1.91%
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0.01%
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Paul J. Brody
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383,481,082
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9,160,171
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31,673
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8,324,756
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97.66%
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2.33%
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0.01%
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Lawrence E. Harris
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390,681,535
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1,948,852
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42,539
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8,324,756
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99.49%
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0.50%
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0.01%
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Wayne H. Wagner
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392,388,251
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241,835
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42,840
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8,324,756
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99.93%
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0.06%
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0.01%
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Richard Gates
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392,401,269
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230,456
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41,201
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8,324,756
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99.93%
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0.06%
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0.01%
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Gary Katz
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392,538,824
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92,069
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42,033
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8,324,756
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99.97%
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0.02%
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0.01%
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Stockholders approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31,
2017
, by a vote of
400,163,718
for;
725,824
against; and
108,140
abstentions.
Stockholders approved executive compensation levels by a vote of
384,883,371
for;
689,445
against;
7,100,110
abstentions; and
8,324,756
broker non-votes.
Stockholders approved the proposal to vote on the frequency of voting on executive compensation every two years by a vote of
17,843,971
for
one
year;
360,683,999
for two years;
7,011,560 for three years;
7,133,396
abstentions
; and 8,324,756
broker non-votes
.