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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Each of the items listed below was submitted to a vote of shareholders at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “2024 AGM”) on May 9, 2024 and is described in more detail in Mallinckrodt plc’s (the “Company’s”) definitive proxy statement for the 2024 AGM, filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2024. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders are as follows:
Proposal 1: By separate resolutions, to elect as directors and to hold office, expiring at the end of the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2025 (the “2025 AGM”), the following individuals:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||||||
| Paul M. Bisaro | 14,981,720 | 306,759 | 0 | |||||||||
| Katina Dorton | 14,981,720 | 306,759 | 0 | |||||||||
| Abbas Hussain | 14,981,720 | 306,759 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sigurdur O. Olafsson | 14,981,720 | 306,759 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wesley P. Wheeler | 14,981,720 | 306,759 | 0 | |||||||||
Each of the foregoing nominees was elected to hold office until the conclusion of the 2025 AGM or until his or her earlier death, resignation
or removal.
Proposal 2: Advisory non-binding vote to approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditors of the Company and, by binding vote, to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set the independent auditors’ remuneration.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
| 13,750,602 | 76,113 | 1,461,764 | ||||||
Proposal 3: Advisory non-binding vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||||
| 13,329,151 | 497,564 | 1,461,764 | ||||||
There were no broker non-votes with respect to any of the proposals that were submitted to a vote at the 2024 AGM.
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.
| MALLINCKRODT PLC | ||
| (registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Mark Tyndall | |
| Mark Tyndall | ||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | ||
Date: May 10, 2024