UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 24, 2024 (June 20, 2024 )
Commission file number 001-39482
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 20, 2024, GeneDx Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholders”) considered and voted on the matters listed below. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2024.
There were 26,150,866 shares of the Class A common stock issued and outstanding on April 24, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting. The Stockholders voted on the following proposals at the Annual Meeting, each of which was approved.
The final voting results from the Annual Meeting are set forth below.
(1)Proposal No. 1 — The Class III Director Election Proposal — To elect three Class III directors of the Company, each to serve a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal:
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Emily Leproust, Ph.D | 17,026,055 | 747,294 | 5,598,681 | ||||||||
| Keith Meister | 17,230,090 | 543,259 | 5,598,681 | ||||||||
| Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr. | 17,201,550 | 571,799 | 5,598,681 | ||||||||
(2)Proposal No. 2 — The Auditor Ratification Proposal — To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||
| 23,359,773 | 7,938 | 4,319 | ||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No | Description | ||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document) | ||||
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.
| GENEDX HOLDINGS CORP. | |||||||||||
| Date: | June 24, 2024 | By: | /s/ Katherine Stueland | ||||||||
| Name: | Katherine Stueland | ||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||