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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On July 20, 2023, 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 28, 2023. Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 23, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 40,410,244 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 III directors to hold office until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successor is elected. The results of the vote were as follows:
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Jack B. Nielsen |
20,201,692 | 4,766,666 | 9,713,860 | |||||||
| Bridget Martell, M.A., M.D. |
24,022,757 | 945,601 | 9,713,860 | |||||||
| Carole Nuechterlein, J.D. |
21,653,372 | 3,314,986 | 9,713,860 | |||||||
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, 2023. The results of the vote were as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions | ||
| 34,670,204 | 11,096 | 918 |
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: July 25, 2023 | By: | /s/ Lesley Ann Calhoun | ||||
| Lesley Ann Calhoun | ||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||