Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix”) was held on May 25, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting on:
•Election of nine directors to the Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;
•Approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, on the compensation of Equinix’s named executive officers;
•Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022; and
•A stockholder proposal related to lowering the stock ownership threshold required to call a special meeting.
At the close of business on April 1, 2022, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 91,013,824 shares of Equinix’s Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The holders of 81,422,270 shares of Equinix’s Common Stock were represented in person, virtually or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.
At the Annual Meeting, all of the nominated directors were elected, the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of Equinix’s named executive officers was approved, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, and the stockholder proposal related to lowering the stock ownership threshold required to call a special meeting was not approved.
The vote with respect to the election of the directors was as follows:
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| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
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Nanci Caldwell | 71,314,401 | 6,442,185 | 3,665,684 |
Adaire Fox-Martin | 76,858,615 | 897,971 | 3,665,684 |
Ron Guerrier | 77,565,682 | 190,904 | 3,665,684 |
Gary Hromadko | 73,258,343 | 4,498,243 | 3,665,684 |
Irving Lyons, III | 67,684,085 | 10,072,501 | 3,665,684 |
Charles Meyers | 76,948,092 | 808,494 | 3,665,684 |
Christopher Paisley | 69,182,003 | 8,574,583 | 3,665,684 |
Sandra Rivera | 75,405,807 | 2,350,779 | 3,665,684 |
Peter Van Camp | 74,359,840 | 3,396,746 | 3,665,684 |
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With respect to the proposal to approve by a non-binding advisory vote the compensation of Equinix’s named executive officers, there were 63,173,906 votes “For,” 14,010,831 votes “Against,” 571,849 abstentions and 3,665,684 Broker Non-Votes.
With respect to the proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, there were 76,633,636 votes “For,” 4,779,632 votes “Against” and 9,002 abstentions.
With respect to the stockholder proposal related to lowering the stock ownership threshold required to call a special meeting, there were 30,286,755 votes “For,” 46,924,741 votes “Against,” 545,090 abstentions and 3,665,684 Broker Non-Votes.