Company: TALK
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016714
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Company: Talkspace, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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 Effect of Votes Withheld /                                                                                              
 Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes                                                                                        |
| Proposal 1: Election of Directors                                                                                         |     | The plurality of the votes cast. This means that the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative “FOR” votes will be elected as Directors. |     | Votes withheld and broker non-votes will have no effect.                                                                |
| Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors                                                           |     | The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast on such matter.                                                       |     | Abstentions will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal. We do not expect any broker non-votes on this proposal. |
| Proposal 3: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say on Pay”). |     | The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast on such matter.                                                       |     | Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the proposal.                                    |

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WHAT IS AN ABSTENTION AND HOW WILL VOTES WITHHELD AND ABSTENTIONS BE TREATED? A “vote withheld,” in the case of the proposal regarding the election of directors, or an “abstention,” in the case of the two other proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, represents a stockholder’s affirmative choice to decline to vote on a proposal. Votes withheld and abstentions are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. Votes withheld have no effect on the election of directors and abstentions will have no effect on the ratification of the appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global, or the advisory Say on Pay votes, because they are not counted as “votes cast.” WHAT ARE BROKER NON-VOTES AND DO THEY COUNT FOR DETERMINING A QUORUM? Generally, broker non-votes occur when shares held by a broker in “street name” for a beneficial owner are not voted with respect to a particular proposal because the broker (1) has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and (2) lacks discretionary voting power to vote those shares. A broker is entitled to vote shares held for a beneficial owner on routine matters without instructions from the beneficial owner of those shares. On the other hand, absent instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares, a broker is not entitled to vote