UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 26, 2019
ALTIMMUNE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-32587 | 20-2726770 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
910 Clopper Road, Suite 201S Gaithersburg, Maryland |
20878 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number including area code: (240) 654-1450
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which | ||
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
ALT | The NASDAQ Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As disclosed in Item 5.07 below, on September 26, 2019, Altimmune, Inc. (the Company) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the 2019 Annual Meeting). At the 2019 Annual Meeting, the Companys stockholders approved the Altimmune, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the 2019 ESPP), which was previously adopted by the Companys Board of Directors on March 29, 2019, subject to stockholder approval. There are 403,500 shares authorized for issuance under the 2019 ESPP. A more complete description of the terms of the 2019 ESPP can be found in Proposal 4 Approval of the Adoption of the Altimmune, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan in the Companys definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2019 (the 2019 Proxy Statement), which description is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description and the description incorporated by reference from the 2019 Proxy Statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the 2019 ESPP, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2019 Annual Meeting was held on September 26, 2019. As of August 9, 2019, the record date for the 2019 Annual Meeting, there were 15,337,493 shares of the Companys common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2019 Annual Meeting. A total of 11,675,265 shares of common stock were present or represented by proxy at the 2019 Annual Meeting, representing 76.1% of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting, representing a quorum. The proposals voted upon and the final results of the vote were as follows:
Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors. The results were as follows:
Director |
For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||
Mitchel Sayare, Ph.D. |
3,860,416 | 687,269 | 7,127,580 | |||||||||
Vipin K. Garg, Ph.D. |
3,866,588 | 681,097 | 7,127,580 | |||||||||
David J. Drutz, M.D. |
3,859,565 | 688,120 | 7,127,580 | |||||||||
John M. Gill |
3,596,068 | 951,617 | 7,127,580 | |||||||||
Philip L. Hodges |
3,866,162 | 681,523 | 7,127,580 | |||||||||
Wayne Pisano |
3,844,282 | 703,403 | 7,127,580 | |||||||||
Klaus O. Schafer, M.D., MPH |
3,896,489 | 651,196 | 7,127,580 |
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019. The results were as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
11,468,089 | 115,803 | 91,373 |
Proposal No. 3: Advisory vote on the Compensation of the Companys named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement pursuant to the SECs compensation rules (referred to as the say-on-pay proposal). The results were as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
3,556,921 | 934,835 | 55,929 | 7,127,580 |
Proposal No. 4: Vote to approve the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The results were as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
3,709,284 | 819,302 | 19,099 | 7,127,580 |
Proposal No. 5: Vote to approve the issuance of the Companys common stock in connection with milestone payments that may become payable in the future to former equityholders of Spitfire Pharma, Inc. pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rules 5635(a) and 5635(b). The results were as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
1,926,576 | 710,046 | 23,813 | 7,127,580 |
Proposal No. 6: Vote to authorize the adjournment of the 2019 Annual Meeting to enable the Board of Directors to solicit additional proxies. The results were as follows:
For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
9,382,918 | 2,061,203 | 231,144 |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
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.
Date: October 1, 2019
ALTIMMUNE, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ William Brown | |
Name: William Brown Title: Chief Financial Officer |