Company: ADPT
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-103752
Chunk: 8

Company: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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 at the Annual Meeting. Shares that abstain from voting on any proposal, or that are represented by broker non-votes, will be treated as shares that are present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present.

Proposal No.1: Election of Directors.A plurality of the votes cast in the election of directors at the Annual Meeting is required for the election of directors. Accordingly, the Class III director nominee receiving the highest number of votes will be elected. Abstentions, “withhold” votes and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the election of directors. Shareholders are not permitted to cumulate votes with respect to the election of directors.

Proposal No.2:Say-on-PayVote. We will consider the advisory approval of the compensation of our named executive officers to have been obtained if the number of votes cast for the proposal at the Annual Meeting exceeds the number of votes against the proposal. Because abstentions and broker non-votes are neither votes for or against the proposal, they will have no effect on the outcome of the vote. This vote is advisory and not binding on us, our board of directors or our compensation and human capital committee.

Proposal No.3:Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.The number of votes for must exceed the number of votes against in order to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. Abstentions are considered to be votes not cast on this proposal and thus will have no effect. Brokers generally have discretionary authority to vote on the ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm, thus broker non-votes are not expected to result from the vote on Proposal No. 3.

In their discretion, the proxy holders named in the proxy are authorized to vote on any other matters that may properly come before the Annual Meeting and at any continuation, postponement or adjournment thereof. The board of directors knows of no other items of business that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting other than those described in this proxy statement. In addition, no shareholder proposal or nomination was received on a timely basis, so no such matters may be brought to a vote at the Annual Meeting.

Solicitation of Proxies

Our board of directors is soliciting proxies for the Annual Meeting from our shareholders. We will bear the entire cost of soliciting proxies from our shareholders. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by delivery of the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy statement by