AQST 8-K
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (AQST)
8-K
2025-06-11
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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): June 11, 2025
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
(908 ) 941-1900
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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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).
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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | ||||
(a) Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on June 11, 2025.
(b) The final voting on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.
(1) The following director nominees were elected to serve as Class I members of the Board of Directors, to serve for a three-year term until the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified:
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Daniel Barber | 36,060,882 | — | 3,546,668 | 29,848,112 | ||||||||||
| Timothy E. Morris | 35,562,599 | — | 4,044,951 | |||||||||||
(2) The proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, executive compensation was approved for the one year.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 32,454,278 | 6,694,084 | 459,188 | 29,848,112 | ||||||||
(3) The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstaining | ||||||
| 66,530,646 | 1,166,766 | 1,758,250 | ||||||
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.
| Dated: June 11, 2025 | Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ A. Ernest Toth, Jr | |||||||
| Name: A. Ernest Toth, Jr. | ||||||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||