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To elect the six director nominees named in the Proxy Statement/Circular each to serve until the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders or until his qualified successor has been duly elected or appointed: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Frank Torti, M.D. 90,586,551 4,232,931 32,000,882 William H. Collier 92,373,962 2,445,520 32,000,882 Daniel Burgess 82,787,752 12,031,730 32,000,882 Richard C. Henriques 92,385,485 2,433,997 32,000,882 Keith Manchester, M.D. 72,493,891 22,325,591 32,000,882 James Meyers 92,126,144 2,693,338 32,000,882","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447028/000144702823000052/0001447028-23-000052-index.htm","confidence":0.99,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-30"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"2a8cbcabf9882dbefb67a1951fa1b76abb2d5b32","claim":"Arbutus Biopharma Corp shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-30 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 4. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 125,655,064 786,900 378,400 —","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447028/000144702823000052/0001447028-23-000052-index.htm","confidence":0.99,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-30"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"3b06e8fc63522a2259dd1c01b458e32981f7ea44","claim":"Arbutus Biopharma Corp shareholders approved To approve an amendment to the 2016 Plan to (a) increase the aggregate number of common shares authorized for issuance thereunder by 3,500,000 common shares and (b) increase the aggregate number of common shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options granted thereunder by 3,500,000 c at the 2023-05-30 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 2. To approve an amendment to the 2016 Plan to (a) increase the aggregate number of common shares authorized for issuance thereunder by 3,500,000 common shares and (b) increase the aggregate number of common shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options granted thereunder by 3,500,000 common shares: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 85,636,644 8,972,164 210,674 32,000,882","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447028/000144702823000052/0001447028-23-000052-index.htm","confidence":0.99,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"equity plan"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-30"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"981aeb54136885361c4f7a5d1116e245444cc2c0","claim":"Arbutus Biopharma Corp shareholders approved To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement/Circular at the 2023-05-30 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 3. To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement/Circular: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 85,552,303 8,211,196 1,055,983 32,000,882","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1447028/000144702823000052/0001447028-23-000052-index.htm","confidence":0.99,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-05-30"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}