UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date Earliest Event reported): ~~April 23~~July 28, 2021

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PPD, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

001-39212

45-3806427

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(CommissionFile Number)

(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission file number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

929 North Front Street, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401

~~929 North Front Street~~910-251-0081

~~Wilmington~~(Address, ~~North~~including ~~Carolina~~zip ~~28401~~code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices.

~~(910) 251-0081~~————————————————

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

~~TradingSymbol(s)~~Name of each exchange on which registered

~~Name of each exchangeon which registered~~

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

PPD

~~PPD~~The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC(Nasdaq Global Select Market)

~~The Nasdaq Global Select Market~~

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).


						Emerging growth company			☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 52.~~07.~~02 Results ~~Submission~~ of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition.

On ~~April 23~~July 28, 2021, PPD, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~held~~issued ~~its~~a ~~2021~~press ~~Annual~~release ~~Meeting~~reporting ofits ~~Stockholders.~~financial Asresults ~~of February 25, 2021, the record date~~ for the ~~meeting,~~second ~~there~~quarter ~~were~~of ~~350,428,741~~2021. ~~shares~~A copy of ~~common~~this ~~stock~~press ~~outstanding~~release ~~and~~is ~~entitled~~furnished toas ~~vote~~Exhibit ~~on all matters~~99.1 ~~The final voting results for the matters submitted~~ to athis ~~vote~~Current ofReport ~~stockholders~~on ~~were~~Form ~~as follows:~~ 8-K.

~~Proposal~~The Noinformation contained in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 ~~–The~~furnished ~~following~~herewith, ~~nominees~~shall ~~were~~not ~~elected~~be bydeemed ~~plurality~~“filed” ~~vote~~for topurposes ~~serve~~of onSection 18 of the ~~Board~~Securities Exchange Act of ~~Directors~~1934, as ~~Class~~amended I(the ~~directors~~“Exchange ~~for~~Act”), ~~terms~~or ~~expiring~~otherwise atsubject to the ~~2024~~liabilities ~~Annual~~of ~~Meeting~~that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of ~~Stockholders~~1933, ~~based~~as ~~upon~~amended, or the ~~following~~Exchange ~~votes:~~Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

	For	Withhold	Broker Non-Votes
Stephen Ensley	287,744,229	20,442,254	2,973,771
Maria Teresa Hilado	301,920,203	6,266,280	2,973,771
David Simmons	284,619,036	23,567,447	2,973,771


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~Proposal~~(d) NoExhibits. ~~2 – An advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes:~~

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
ExhibitNo.		Description
301,129,258	6,957,762	99,463	2,973,771
99.1*		Press Release entitled “PPD Reports Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2021 Results”
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

~~Proposal~~* ~~No.~~Furnished ~~3 –An advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers received the following votes:~~herewith.

1 Year			2 Years			3 Years			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
308,131,267			25,500			22,252			7,464			2,973,771

A majority of the Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, an annual stockholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation. In light of these results, the Company will implement an annual advisory stockholder vote on named executive officer compensation until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on named executive officer compensation.

Proposal No. 4 –The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified based upon the following votes:

For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
310,879,746			262,538			17,970			0

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PPD, Inc. By: /s/ Julia James Name: Julia James Title: ~~Executive Vice President,~~ General Counsel ~~and Secretary~~

Date: ~~April~~ July 28, 2021

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