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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As further described in Item 5.07 below, the stockholders of ProMIS Neurosciences Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “2025 Plan Amendment”) to the Company’s 2025 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2025 Plan”) at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 20, 2026. The 2025 Plan Amendment was previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The 2025 Plan Amendment, which became effective upon the stockholders’ approval at the Annual Meeting, increases the number of Common Shares (as defined below) available for issuance thereunder the 2025 Plan by 900,000 Common Shares.
A description of the 2025 Plan Amendment is included in Proposal 3 of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”), which summary is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference. The descriptions of the 2025 Plan Amendment contained herein and in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the full text of the 2025 Plan Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 20, 2026, the Company held its Annual Meeting. The shareholders considered three proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement. Of the 8,967,693 Common Shares, no par value per share (the “Common Shares”), outstanding as of the record date, 4,762,024 Common Shares, or approximately 53.1%, were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the results of the matters submitted for a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal No. 1: Election of seven nominees to serve as directors until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. The votes were cast as follows by holders of Common Shares:
Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | |||||
Eugene Williams |
| 4,108,919 | 38,462 | ||||
Neil Cashman, M.D. | 4,143,889 | 3,492 | |||||
Joshua Mandel-Brehm | 4,118,276 | 29,105 | |||||
Maggie Shafmaster, Ph.D., J.D. | 4,143,725 | 3,656 | |||||
Neil K. Warma | 4,103,311 | 44,070 | |||||
William Wyman | 4,109,684 | 37,697 | |||||
Slanix Alex, Pharm.D | 4,122,179 | 25,202 | |||||
Broker non-votes: 614,643.
All seven nominees were elected.
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The votes were cast as follows by holders of Common Shares:
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Ratification of appointment of Baker Tilly US, LLP | 4,657,634 | 4,415 | 99,975 | |||
Broker non-votes: 0.
Proposal No. 3: An ordinary resolution approving the Amendment to the 2025 Stock Option and Incentive Plan to increase the number of Common Shares available for issuance thereunder by 900,000 Common Shares.
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstained | ||||
Approval of the Amendment to the 2025 Stock Option and Incentive Plan | 3,352,388 | 774,193 | 20,800 | |||
Broker non-votes: 614,643.
No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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10.1 |
| Amendment No. 1 to the ProMIS Neurosciences Inc. 2025 Stock Option and Incentive Plan |
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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
PROMIS NEUROSCIENCES, INC.
2025 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, Promis Neurosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Promis Neurosciences, Inc. 2025 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which was previously adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and approved by the stockholders of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Board desires to amend the Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan;
WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Plan provides that the Board may amend the Plan at any time, subject to certain conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, this Amendment will become effective upon approval by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting and if, for any reason, the Company’s stockholders fail to approve this Amendment, the existing Plan shall continue in full force and effect.
NOW, THEREFORE:
1. Section 3(a) of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting “117,868” where it appears in the first sentence thereof and replacing it with “1,017,868.”
2. Effective Date of Amendment. This Amendment to the Plan shall become effective upon the date that it is approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
3. Other Provisions. Except as set forth above, all other provisions of the Plan shall remain unchanged.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 1 to the Plan has been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on April 2, 2026 and approved by the stockholders of the Company on May 20, 2026.
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