Artelo Biosciences, Inc 8-K, filed Jul 17, 2026
Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (ARTL)
About this 8-K
Artelo Biosciences, Inc filed this 8-K on July 17, 2026.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
We held our Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on July 17, 2026. Of the 2,848,540 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”), outstanding as of the record date of May 22, 2026, 1,172,203 shares of Common Stock were represented at the Annual Meeting, either by proxy or by attending the virtual annual meeting, constituting, of the shares entitled to vote, approximately 41.2% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the votes cast with respect to each such matter are set forth below.
| 1. | Election of Three Class III Directors. The following nominees were re-elected by the holders of our common stock to serve as our Class III directors until our 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified: |
Nominee | For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes | |||
Gregory R. Reyes, M.D., Ph.D. | 179,416 |
| 55,405 |
| 937,382 | |
Tamara A. Favorito | 176,821 |
| 58,000 |
| 937,382 | |
Gregory D. Gorgas |
| 171,567 |
| 63,254 |
| 937,382 |
| 2. | Approval of an Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. The amendment to our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock from 166,666,667 to 500,000,000 was approved based on the following results of voting: |
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985,717 |
| 164,845 |
| 21,641 |
| 3. | Share Issuance Approval. The issuance of more than 20% of our issued and outstanding common stock pursuant to our Equity Purchase Agreement with Square Gate Capital Master Fund, LLC – Series 5 was approved based on the following results of voting: |
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91,158 |
| 65,155 |
| 78,508 |
| 937,382 |
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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.
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Date: July 17, 2026 | /s/ Gregory D. Gorgas |
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| Gregory D. Gorgas |
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| President & Chief Executive Officer |
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