Foghorn Therapeutics Inc 8-K, filed Jun 17, 2025
Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (FHTX)
8-K
2025-06-17
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About this 8-K
Foghorn Therapeutics Inc filed this 8-K on June 17, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 17, 2025
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 17, 2025, Foghorn Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:
(i) To elect Stuart Duty, Neil J. Gallagher, M.D., Ph.D., Adrian Gottschalk, and Ian F. Smith, as Class II directors, each for a three-year term; and
(ii) To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2025.
The number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 55,721,340. The number of shares of common stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 43,369,822. All matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting were approved and all director nominees were elected.
The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon are set forth below:
(i) Election of directors.
Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||||
Stuart Duty | 34,619,374 | 58,073 | 12,667 | ||||||||
| Neil J. Gallagher, M.D., Ph.D. | 34,644,188 | 35,153 | 10,773 | ||||||||
| Adrian Gottschalk | 33,534,048 | 1,132,490 | 23,576 | ||||||||
| Ian F. Smith | 30,911,283 | 3,754,839 | 23,992 | ||||||||
There were 8,679,708 broker non-votes regarding the election of directors.
(ii) Ratification of selection of independent registered public accounting firm.
Stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The results of the voting included 43,340,301 votes for, 16,978 votes against and 12,543 abstentions. There were no broker non-votes regarding this proposal.
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.
FOGHORN THERAPEUTICS INC. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Kristian Humer | ||||||||||
| Kristian Humer | |||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||