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 15, 2021

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 \(see General Instruction A.2. below\):

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

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. ☐

On June 15, 2021, SIGA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2021 Annual Meeting”) in a virtual format.  Stockholders representing 67,490,465 shares of common stock, or 88.7% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the April 19, 2021 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 2021 Annual Meeting.  Final voting results are shown below.

At the 2021 Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (i) elected nine director nominees to hold office until the earlier of the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company and their successors are elected and qualified and until their earlier resignation or removal, and (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.  Set forth below are the final voting results for both proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

(1)          Election of the following individuals to hold office as directors of the Company for terms of one year.

With respect to each director nominee there were 15,410,305 broker “non-votes.”

(2)          Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

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.