8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

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 16, 2020

SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 672-9100

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company        ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.       ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

On June 16, 2020, SIGA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2020 Annual Meeting”) in a virtual format.  Stockholders representing 72,474,634 shares of common stock, or 89.4% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the April 24, 2020 record date, attended or were represented at the meeting by proxy.  The items listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders who attended or were represented by proxy, and were entitled to vote at, the 2020 Annual Meeting.  Final voting results are shown below.

At the 2020 Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (i) elected nine director nominees to hold office until the earlier of the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company or until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal (ii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in our proxy statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”), and (iii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent certified public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.  Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

With respect to each director nominee there were 17,639,450 broker “non-votes”.

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.