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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 25, 2022, BuzzFeed, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following is a brief description of each proposal voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results for each proposal. For more information about these proposals, please refer to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2022.
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
Angela Acharia and Jonah Peretti were elected to the Company’s board of directors as Class I directors, each to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The results of the election were as follows:
| Name of Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Angela Acharia | 625,623,603 | 230,130 | 3,194,889 | |||||||||
| Jonah Peretti | 625,584,888 | 277,845 | 3,194,889 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The results of the vote were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 628,829,730 | 190,335 | 37,557 | ||||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
| Date: | June 1, 2022 | ||
| BuzzFeed, Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jonah Peretti | ||
| Name: Jonah Peretti | |||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||