Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 3, 2021, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a stockholder vote at the Annual Meeting are set forth below:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The stockholders elected three Class I directors for terms expiring at the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and subject to the election and qualification of their successors, based upon the following vote results:
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Votes
For
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Withheld
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Broker Non-Votes
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Brian T. Marley
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70,809,978
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2,886,157
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6,628,225
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Thomas M. Nealon
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73,584,385
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111,750
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6,628,225
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Nathaniel H. Taylor
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63,825,378
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9,870,757
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6,628,225
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Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year 2021.
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Votes
For
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Votes
Against
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Abstentions
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78,988,653
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199,367
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136,340
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Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers during fiscal year 2020 (commonly known as a "say-on-pay" proposal), based upon the following votes:
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Votes
For
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Votes
Against
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Abstentions
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Broker
Non-Votes
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73,259,589
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289,802
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146,744
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6,628,225
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Proposal 4: Frequency of Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation
The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, one year as the frequency of the advisory vote to approve compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers (commonly known as a "say-when-on-pay" proposal), based upon the following votes:
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1 Year
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2 Years
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3 Years
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Abstentions
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Broker
Non-Votes
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72,673,646
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278,176
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584,960
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159,353
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6,628,225
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Based on the results of this vote, and consistent with the Board of Directors' recommendation, the Company intends to include an advisory stockholder vote to approve the compensation paid to its named executive officers every year until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of named executive officers. The Company is required to hold a vote on frequency every six years.