UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): April 11, 2018
Vaxart, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35285 | 59-1212264 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 290 Utah Ave. Suite 200 South San Francisco, California |
94080 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 550-3500
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 11, 2018, Vaxart, Inc. held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the 2018 Annual Meeting, at 395 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080. At the 2018 Annual Meeting, our stockholders voted on three proposals, each of which is described in more detail in our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2018. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon and the results, including the number of votes cast for and against each matter and, if applicable, the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter. Proxies for the 2018 Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition of management’s solicitation.
Proposal 1. Stockholders elected the seven nominees for directors to serve until Vaxart’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:
| Director Name |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Wouter Latour, M.D. |
3,387,650 | 22,074 | 408,663 | |||||||||
| Geoffrey F. Cox, Ph.D. |
3,387,478 | 21,933 | 408,663 | |||||||||
| Michael J. Finney, Ph.D. |
3,387,802 | 21,922 | 408,663 | |||||||||
| Jan Leschly |
3,382,280 | 27,444 | 408,663 | |||||||||
| Richard J. Markham |
3,382,231 | 27,493 | 408,663 | |||||||||
| John P. Richard |
3,387,478 | 22,246 | 408,663 | |||||||||
| Anne M. VanLent |
3,387,524 | 22,200 | 408,663 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. Stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Vaxart of KPMG LLP as Vaxart’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018. The voting results were as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non- Votes | |||
| 3,786,224 |
31,072 | 1,091 | — |
Proposal 3. Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the former Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc. named executive officers. The voting results were as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non- Votes | |||
| 3,182,123 |
54,160 | 173,441 | 408,663 |
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.
| Vaxart, Inc. | ||||||
| Dated: April 11, 2018 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Wouter Latour | |||||
| Wouter Latour, M.D. | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||