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Delaware
001-32601
20-3247759
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9348 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, California
90210
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(310) 867-7000
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Common stock, $.01 Par Value Per Share
LYV
New York Stock Exchange
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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(c) On June 10, 2021, the board of directors of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”), appointed Joe Berchtold as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), effective July 1, 2021. Mr. Berchtold, who is 57 years old, has served as President of the Company since December 2017, and will continue to hold that position. Prior to that, Mr. Berchtold served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer since he joined the Company in April 2011. Mr. Berchtold is not a party to any transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(b) On June 10, 2021, at the annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company:
1. Maverick Carter, Ping Fu, Jeff Hinson, Chad Hollingsworth, Jimmy Iovine, Jim Kahan, Greg Maffei, Randall Mays, Michael Rapino, Mark Shapiro and Dana Walden were elected as directors to serve for a term of one year expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2022 or until their successors are elected and qualified; and
2.Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year.
The final results of the voting at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors
Nominees
For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
Maverick Carter
180,205,651
2,188,081
11,923
6,051,619
Ping Fu
181,888,709
490,952
12,386
6,065,228
Jeff Hinson
179,378,255
2,953,769
60,022
6,065,228
Chad Hollingsworth
179,807,397
2,524,664
59,985
6,065,228
Jimmy Iovine
180,931,155
1,448,837
12,055
6,065,228
Jim Kahan
179,941,611
2,390,238
60,197
6,065,228
Greg Maffei
118,839,475
62,767,437
785,135
6,065,228
Randall Mays
144,047,848
38,237,526
106,672
6,065,228
Michael Rapino
181,144,389
1,188,846
58,811
6,065,228
Mark Shapiro
179,564,858
2,767,429
59,760
6,065,228
Dana Walden
181,105,574
1,274,420
12,052
6,065,228
Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2021
For
Against
Abstained
187,897,750
536,822
22,702
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
By:
/s/ Brian Capo
Brian Capo
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer