Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Annual Meeting of Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix”) was held on May 30, 2019 (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting on:
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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;
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Approval by a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of Equinix’s named executive officers;
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Approval of Equinix’s French Sub-Plan under Equinix’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan;
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Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019; and
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A stockholder proposal related to political contributions.
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At the close of business on April 15, 2019, the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, there were 84,070,029 shares of Equinix’s Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The holders of 77,028,998 shares of Equinix’s Common Stock were represented in person 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, Equinix’s French Sub-Plan under Equinix’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan was approved, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was ratified as Equinix’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, and the stockholder proposal related to political contributions was not approved.
The vote with respect to the election of the directors was as follows:
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For
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Withheld
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Broker Non-Votes
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Thomas Bartlett
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72,840,433
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894,461
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3,294,104
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Nanci Caldwell
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56,108,179
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17,626,715
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3,294,104
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Gary Hromadko
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70,354,157
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3,380,737
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3,294,104
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Scott Kriens
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67,780,751
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5,954,143
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3,294,104
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William Luby
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72,340,984
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1,393,910
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3,294,104
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Irving Lyons, III
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71,323,580
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2,411,314
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3,294,104
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Charles Meyers
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72,791,080
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943,814
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3,294,104
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Christopher Paisley
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70,221,910
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3,512,984
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3,294,104
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Peter Van Camp
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65,243,124
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8,491,770
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3,294,104
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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 69,428,070 votes “For,” 3,733,190 votes “Against,” 573,633 abstentions and 3,294,104 Broker Non-Votes.
With respect to the proposal to approve Equinix’s French Sub-Plan under Equinix’s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, there were 68,294,010 votes “For,” 4,904,055 votes “Against,” 536,829 abstentions and 3,294,104 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, 2019, there were 75,527,954
votes “For,” 975,273
votes “Against” and 525,771
abstentions.
With respect to the stockholder proposal related to political contributions, there were 24,938,723 votes “For,” 47,989,902 votes “Against,” 806,269 abstentions and 3,294,104 Broker Non-Votes.