8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 23, 2022

 

 

Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39617   82-4724808

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

One Corporate Dr., 2nd Floor

South San Francisco, CA 94080

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 466-6059

 

 

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:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share   ALGS  

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq Global Select Market)

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.

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 23, 2022, Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2022. Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 25, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 39,602,857 shares of the Company’s voting common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The tabulation of the stockholder votes on each proposal brought before the Annual Meeting is as follows:

Proposal 1. The election of three Class II directors to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successor is elected:

 

Nominee

   Votes For    Votes Withheld    Broker
Non-Votes

Thomas Woiwode, Ph.D.

   21,310,101    4,197,470    4,035,425

Leonid Beigelman, Ph.D.

   21,501,183    4,006,388    4,035,425

K. Peter Hirth, Ph.D.

   21,864,042    3,643,529    4,035,425

Proposal 2. The ratification of the selection by the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

29,452,775   90,096   125

As a routine proposal under applicable rules, no broker non-votes were recorded in connection with this proposal.


SIGNATURES

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.

 

    ALIGOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Date: June 27, 2022     By:  

/s/ Lesley Ann Calhoun

      Lesley Ann Calhoun
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer