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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 16, 2023, Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and the following proposals were adopted:
| 1. | Election of two Class III Directors, Krishna Vaddi, Ph.D., and Mardi C. Dier, each to serve a three-year term, which will expire at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. The vote tally was as follows: |
| Nominees |
Shares For |
Shares Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Krishna Vaddi, Ph.D. |
26,922,891 | 888,456 | 986,106 | |||
| Mardi C. Dier |
26,843,559 | 967,788 | 986,106 |
| 2. | Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The vote tally was as follows: |
| Shares For |
Shares Against |
Shares Abstaining | ||
| 28,783,904 | 6,022 | 7,527 |
| 3. | Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation. |
| Shares For |
Shares Against |
Shares Abstaining |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 22,708,279 | 97,553 | 5,515 | 986,106 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PRELUDE THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED | ||||||
| Date: June 21, 2023 | By: | /s/ Laurent Chardonnet | ||||
| Laurent Chardonnet | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||