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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 17, 2025, WisdomTree, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”). The Company’s stockholders voted on three proposals (each described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2025) at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, the independent inspector of election (the “Inspector of Election”) for the 2025 Annual Meeting, delivered its final vote tabulation on June 17, 2025 that certified the final voting results for each of the matters that were submitted to a vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the final voting results as provided by the Inspector of Election.
Each stockholder of record was entitled to one vote per share of common stock on each proposal. On April 23, 2025, the record date for the 2025 Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 147,031,590 shares of common stock outstanding. Present at the 2025 Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of shares of common stock representing an aggregate of 123,786,345 votes, or 84.19% of the voting power entitled to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting as of the Record Date, constituting a quorum.
| Proposal 1. | To elect nine members of the Company’s Board of Directors, to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. |
| WisdomTree Nominees | For | % Voted For(1) | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||
| LYNN S. BLAKE | 107,842,478 | 99.36% | 686,779 | 9,279,845 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| ANTHONY BOSSONE | 105,804,609 | 89.83% | 11,974,567 | 29,926 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| SMITA CONJEEVARAM | 105,118,654 | 96.85% | 3,407,737 | 9,282,711 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| RILLA DELORIER | 107,324,218 | 98.91% | 1,174,662 | 9,310,222 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| DANIELA MIELKE | 107,320,415 | 98.91% | 1,178,889 | 9,309,798 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| SHAMLA NAIDOO | 102,337,640 | 94.29% | 6,191,179 | 9,280,283 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| WIN NEUGER | 106,477,569 | 90.40% | 11,300,828 | 30,705 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| TONIA PANKOPF | 116,804,782 | 99.19% | 943,652 | 60,668 | 5,977,243 | |||||
| JONATHAN STEINBERG | 107,600,608 | 91.36% | 10,171,174 | 37,320 | 5,977,243 |
The Company’s stockholders voted to elect Lynn S. Blake, Anthony Bossone, Smita Conjeevaram, Rilla Delorier, Daniela Mielke, Shamla Naidoo, Win Neuger, Tonia Pankopf and Jonathan Steinberg as directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
| Proposal 2. | The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. |
| For | % Voted For(1) | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 122,988,956 | 99.38% | 766,989 | 30,400 | -— |
The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
| Proposal 3. | An advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. |
| For | % Voted For(1) | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 105,656,134 | 89.76% | 12,052,631 | 100,337 | 5,977,243 |
The Company’s stockholders approved an advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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| (1) | “% VOTED FOR” reported for proposal nos.1, 2 and 3 is the percentage of votes cast “for” each respective proposal divided by the sum of the votes cast “for” and “against.” |
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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.
| WISDOMTREE, INC. | |||
| Date: June 20, 2025 | By: |
/s/ Marci Frankenthaler | |
| Marci Frankenthaler | |||
| Chief Legal Officer | |||
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