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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 14, 2023, Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Of the 135,664,817 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the close of business on the record date of April 17, 2023, 85,215,971 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting, either present at the virtual meeting or by proxy, constituting approximately 63% of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the votes cast with respect to each such matter are set forth below:
| 1. | Election of Class II Directors. Each of the following nominees was elected to serve as a Class II director, to hold office until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or his or her earlier death, resignation or removal: |
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Jack Ball |
55,857,084 | 3,754,347 | 25,604,540 | |||
| Vera Imper, Ph.D. |
49,090,622 | 10,520,809 | 25,604,540 | |||
| Ming Yan, Ph.D. |
56,925,027 | 2,686,404 | 25,604,540 |
| 2. | Executive Compensation. On an advisory basis, compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2022 was approved based on the following results of voting: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 57,420,396 | 1,390,622 | 800,413 | 25,604,540 |
| 3. | Frequency of Stockholder Vote on Executive Compensation. On an advisory basis, a one-year frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved based on the following results of voting: |
| One Year | Two Years | Three Years | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 58,649,562 | 109,046 | 165,909 | 686,914 | 25,604,540 |
| 4. | Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified based on the following results of voting: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 84,894,550 | 11,239 | 310,182 | — |
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.
| Cytek Biosciences, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: June 20, 2023 | By: | /s/ Wenbin Jiang, Ph.D. | ||||
| Wenbin Jiang, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||