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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On December 15, 2022, the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) of Aspen Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was held. At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the (i) election of six members of the Board of Directors for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders; (ii) ratification of the appointment of Salberg & Company, P.A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023 and (iii) approval of an adjournment of the 2022 Annual Meeting to a later date or time, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the 2022 Annual Meeting to approve any of the proposals presented for a vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting, all as described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2022.
Set forth below are the voting results on each matter submitted to the shareholders at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
Proposal 1. The Company’s shareholders voted to elect the following six individuals as directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders:
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Mr. Michael Mathews | 5,946,286 | 124,611 | 8,483,474 | |||||||||
| Mr. Andrew Kaplan | 5,948,541 | 122,356 | 8,483,474 | |||||||||
| Mr. Douglas Kass | 4,977,678 | 1,093,219 | 8,483,474 | |||||||||
| Mr. Michael Koehneman | 5,642,924 | 427,973 | 8,483,474 | |||||||||
| Dr. Joan Prince | 4,966,697 | 1,104,200 | 8,483,474 | |||||||||
| Mr. Sanford Rich | 5,693,530 | 377,367 | 8,483,474 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. The Company’s shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of Salberg & Company, P.A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023.
| For | Against | Abstain | |||
| 13,738,929 | 296,921 | 518,521 |
As there were sufficient votes to approve proposals 1 and 2, proposal 3 was moot.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 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.
| ASPEN GROUP, INC. | |||
| Date: December 20, 2022 | By: | /s/ Michael Mathews | |
| Name: Michael Mathews | |||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||