StepStone Group Inc.

09/28/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/28/2021 04:03

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Form 8-K)

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On September 24, 2021, StepStone Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") for the purposes of (i) electing the Class I directors named in the Company's 2021 Proxy Statement (the "Proxy Statement"), and (ii) ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. As of the record date of July 26, 2021, there were 40,335,938 shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Class A Common Stock"), and 54,480,393 shares of the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Class B Common Stock"), outstanding. Stockholders were entitled to one vote per share of Class A Common Stock held and five votes per share of Class B Common Stock held on the matters presented at the Annual Meeting The Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock voted as a single class on all matters presented at the Annual Meeting. Of the total 312,737,903 votes eligible to be cast at the Annual Meeting, shares entitled to cast 310,022,896 votes were represented. The final results of the stockholder vote are set forth below.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

The Company's stockholders elected each of the Class I nominees for director named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve for a three-year term to expire at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, retirement or disqualification. The following two Class I directors were elected by the votes indicated.
For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Monte M. Brem 286,462,774 22,116,041 1,444,081
Valerie G. Brown 305,591,933 2,986,882 1,444,081

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Company's stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. The selection was ratified by the votes indicated.
For Against Abstain
309,669,003 345,352 8,541