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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Vital Farms, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 7, 2023. The final results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. These proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2023.
Proposal No. 1: Election of three nominees to serve as directors until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. All nominees were elected. The votes were cast as follows:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Matthew O’Hayer |
26,595,553 | 8,461,839 | 2,297,620 | |||||||||
| Russell Diez-Canseco |
27,225,892 | 7,831,500 | 2,297,620 | |||||||||
| Kelly J. Kennedy |
24,904,159 | 10,153,233 | 2,297,620 | |||||||||
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The votes were cast as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstained | ||||||||||
| Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP |
37,279,805 | 29,268 | 45,939 | |||||||||
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.
| Vital Farms, Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: June 13, 2023 | By: | /s/ Joanne Bal | ||||
| Joanne Bal | ||||||
| General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Head of Impact | ||||||