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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of stockholders of Yext, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 14, 2022. Stockholders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on April 18, 2022 were entitled to vote at such meeting. For more information about the proposals voted on at the meeting, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2022. The results of the voting at such meeting were as follows:
1. The Class II directors were elected to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her respective successors have been elected and qualified. The three nominees receiving the largest number of affirmative votes representing shares of the Company’s common stock present and entitled to vote at the annual meeting were elected as the Class I directors by the following vote:
| Director Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Hillary Smith | 65,523,391 | 14,238,945 | 15,261,748 | |||||||||
| Michael Walrath | 64,549,912 | 15,212,424 | 15,261,748 | |||||||||
| Seth Waugh | 33,773,396 | 45,988,940 | 15,261,748 | |||||||||
2. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2023 was ratified by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
| 94,740,616 | 203,609 | 79,859 |
3. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory, non-binding basis by the following vote:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 74,343,624 | 5,297,724 | 120,988 | 15,261,748 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| YEXT, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ho Shin | |
| Ho Shin | ||
| EVP & General Counsel | ||
Date: June 17, 2022