Candel Therapeutics, Inc 8-K, filed Oct 14, 2022
Candel Therapeutics, Inc. (CADL)
About this 8-K
Candel Therapeutics, Inc filed this 8-K on October 14, 2022, reporting on events of October 13, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Candel Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on October 13, 2022. As of August 16, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 28,891,909 outstanding shares of the Company’s voting common stock. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2022: (i) to elect three directors, Renee Gaeta, Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., and Joseph C. Papa, as Class I directors of the Company to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successor has been duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal (“Proposal 1”) and (ii) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (“Proposal 2”).
The Company’s stockholders elected each of the Class I director nominees, Renee Gaeta, Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., and Joseph C. Papa, recommended for election at the Annual Meeting in Proposal 1. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
| For | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| Renee Gaeta |
18,256,315 | 18,214 | 5,958,141 | |||||||||
| Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D. |
18,234,483 | 40,046 | 5,958,141 | |||||||||
| Joseph C. Papa |
18,226,991 | 47,538 | 5,958,141 | |||||||||
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, recommended for ratification in Proposal 2 at the Annual Meeting. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 24,227,984 | 4,458 | 228 |
No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
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.
| Candel Therapeutics, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: October 14, 2022 | By: | /s/ Paul Peter Tak | ||||
| Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., FMedSci | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||