Viatris Inc false 0001792044 0001792044 2022-12-09 2022-12-09
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 9, 2022
of Incorporation) (Commission
File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
1000 Mylan Boulevard, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 15317
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share VTRS The NASDAQ Stock Market
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) On December 9, 2022, Viatris Inc. ("Viatris" or the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders (the "2022 Annual Meeting") to (i) elect four Class II directors, each to hold office until the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders; (ii) approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the 2021 compensation of the named executive officers of the Company; (iii) ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022; and (iv) vote on a shareholder proposal. With respect to each proposal below, any abstentions and broker non-votes were considered for purposes of establishing a quorum but were not considered to be votes cast and therefore had no effect on the vote on any such proposal.
The certified results of the matters voted on at the 2022 Annual Meeting are set forth below.
Proposal No. 1 - Election of the following four Class II directors, each to hold office until the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
W. Don Cornwell
830,712,236 12,537,152 1,360,557 154,375,396
Harry A. Korman
739,053,362 101,674,978 3,881,604 154,375,397
Rajiv Malik
Richard A. Mark, C.P.A.
Each Class II director was elected to hold office until the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders.
Proposal No. 2 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the 2021 compensation of the named executive officers of the Company:
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
This proposal was approved.
Proposal No. 3 – Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022:
942,960,216 54,046,575 1,978,551 N/A
Proposal No. 4 – A shareholder proposal regarding independent board chairman:
This shareholder proposal was not approved.
Date: December 9, 2022 By:
/s/ Sanjeev Narula
Sanjeev Narula