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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of BlackLine, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 12, 2022. The Annual Meeting was a virtual meeting held over the Internet via live webcast. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 54,352,420 shares of the Company’s common stock, constituting a quorum for the transaction of business. The proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the vote with respect to each such matter are as set forth below:
Proposal 1: Election of Class III directors
| Nominee: |
For: | Withheld: | Broker Non-Votes: | ||||||||||||
| Barbara Whye |
38,351,396 | 12,039,621 | 3,961,403 | ||||||||||||
| Mika Yamamoto |
37,286,807 | 13,104,210 | 3,961,403 | ||||||||||||
Based on the votes set forth above, each director nominee was duly elected to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until her respective successor is duly elected and qualified or until her earlier death, resignation or removal.
Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022
| For: |
Against: |
Abstain: | ||
| 53,865,372 |
465,367 | 21,681 |
There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.
Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
Proposal 3: Advisory non-binding vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation
| For: |
Against: |
Abstain: |
Broker Non Votes | |||
| 47,608,766 |
2,732,214 | 50,037 | 3,961,403 |
Based on the votes set forth above, the stockholders approved, on an advisory non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BLACKLINE, INC. | ||||
| Date: May 13, 2022 | By: | /s/ Karole Morgan-Prager | ||
| Karole Morgan-Prager | ||||
| Chief Legal and Administrative Officer | ||||
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