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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On June 2, 2022, Professional Diversity Network, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 12,126,560 shares of common stock constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 18, 2022, are as follows:
Proposal 1: The Company’s stockholders elected the following five nominees as directors, to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the following vote:
| Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Michael Belsky | 7,815,690 | 1,321,618 | 2,989,252 | |||||||||
| Xianfang (Scott) Liu | 9,080,757 | 56,551 | 2,989,252 | |||||||||
| Grace Reyes | 8,584,883 | 552,425 | 2,989,252 | |||||||||
| Courtney Shea | 9,080,815 | 56,493 | 2,989,252 | |||||||||
| Hao (Howard) Zhang | 9,081,395 | 55,913 | 2,989,252 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Ciro E. Adams, CPA, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstentions | ||||||||
| 10,724,322 | 1,286,892 | 115,346 | ||||||||
Proposal 3: The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the compensation of our named executive officers by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstentions | ||||||||
| 9,072,992 | 60,469 | 3,847 | ||||||||
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.
| Professional Diversity Network, Inc. | |
| Date: June 6, 2022 | /s/ Adam He |
| Adam He, Chief Executive Officer |