Fortress Biotech, Inc 8-K, filed Apr 13, 2023
Fortress Biotech, Inc. (FBIO)
About this 8-K
Fortress Biotech, Inc filed this 8-K on April 13, 2023, reporting on events of April 10, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 10, 2023, Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). Stockholders representing 60,355,029 shares of the Company’s common stock, or 53.2%, of the 113,441,964 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.
At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the approval of the issuance of the rights and Contingent Subsidiary Securities in order to satisfy the requirements of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c). The proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the of the Company’s Special Meeting filed with the SEC on March 13, 2023.
The votes with respect to the approval of the issuance and rights of Contingent Subsidiary Securities were as follows:
| Total Votes For | Total Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 50,498,193 | 9,743,984 | 112,852 | 0 | |||||||||||
SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: April 13, 2023 | Fortress Biotech, Inc. | |
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ David Jin | |
| David Jin | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||