Kyntra Bio, Inc 8-K, filed May 27, 2021
Kyntra Bio, Inc. (KYNB)
About this 8-K
Kyntra Bio, Inc filed this 8-K on May 27, 2021, reporting on events of May 26, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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FibroGen, Inc.
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Item 5.07 |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders of FibroGen, Inc. (“FibroGen” or the “Company”) held on May 26, 2021, the stockholders voted on the three proposals listed below. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2021 annual meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting were:
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All of the Class I nominees of the board of directors were elected to hold office until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. The nominees were: (i) James A. Schoeneck: 59,474,990 shares of Common Stock voted for, 3,747,660 withheld, and 15,220,272 broker non-votes; (ii) Jeffrey W. Henderson: 58,673,671 shares of Common Stock voted for, 4,548,979 withheld, and 15,220,272 broker non-votes; and (iii) Maykin Ho, Ph.D.: 60,438,888 shares of Common Stock voted for, 2,783,762 withheld, and 15,220,272 broker non-votes.
The term of office of Class II directors Suzanne Blaug, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D., Jeffrey L. Edwards, and Rory B. Riggs, continues until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of Class III directors Enrique Conterno, Aoife Brennan, M.B., B.Ch., Thomas F. Kearns Jr., and Gerald Lema, continues until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. Kalevi Kurkijarvi, Ph.D., currently a Class III director, will retire from FibroGen’s board of directors effective June 30, 2021. |
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The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2021 definitive proxy statement: 57,352,169 shares of Common Stock voted for, 5,415,148 against, and 455,333 abstaining. |
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The stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, by the Audit Committee of the FibroGen board of directors, as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2021: 76,689,582 shares of Common Stock voted for, 1,546,768 against, and 206,572 abstaining. |
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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Dated: May 27, 2021 |
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/s/ Michael Lowenstein |
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Michael Lowenstein |
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Chief Legal Officer |