Zivo Bioscience, Inc 8-K, filed Jun 11, 2025
Zivo Bioscience, Inc. (ZIVO)
About this 8-K
Zivo Bioscience, Inc filed this 8-K on June 11, 2025, reporting on events of June 9, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Zivo Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 9, 2025, shareholders (i) elected two Class III directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve a three-year term until the 2028 annual meeting of shareholders, (ii) ratified the appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and (iii) approved (on an advisory basis) the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. These proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2025.
A total of 2,507,058 shares of the Company’s common stock were present at the meeting in person or by proxy, which represented approximately 66.11% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting.
According to the final vote, the Company’s shareholders approved all three proposals. The final results of the voting are shown below:
Proposal 1—Election of Two Class III Directors
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John B. Payne |
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| 1,681,190 |
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| 32,957 |
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| 792,911 |
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Alison A. Cornell |
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| 1,681,001 |
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| 33,146 |
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| 792,911 |
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Proposal 2—Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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| 2,438,089 |
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| 53,549 |
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| 15,420 |
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Proposal 3—Approval (on an Advisory Basis) of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
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1,665,583 |
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| 48,443 |
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| 121 |
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| 792,911 |
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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.
ZIVO BIOSCIENCE, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Keith Marchiando |
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| Keith Marchiando |
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| Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: June 11, 2025
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