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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On September 29, 2022, Altimmune, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”). As of August 12, 2022, the record date for the 2022 Annual Meeting, there were 49,024,358 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting. A total of 36,609,662 shares of common stock were present or represented by proxy at the 2022 Annual Meeting, representing 74.68% of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting, representing a quorum. The proposals voted upon and the final results of the vote were as follows:
Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors. The results were as follows:
| Broker | |||||
Director | For | Withhold | Non-Votes | |||
Mitchel Sayare, Ph.D. | 23,901,926 |
| 101,662 |
| 12,606,074 | |
Vipin K. Garg, Ph.D. | 23,896,828 |
| 106,760 |
| 12,606,074 | |
David J. Drutz, M.D. | 19,939,625 |
| 4,063,963 |
| 12,606,074 | |
John M. Gill | 19,940,007 |
| 4,063,581 |
| 12,606,074 | |
Philip L. Hodges | 23,903,614 |
| 99,974 |
| 12,606,074 | |
Diane Jorkasky, M.D. | 23,903,684 |
| 99,904 |
| 12,606,074 | |
Wayne Pisano | 19,705,074 |
| 4,298,514 |
| 12,606,074 | |
Klaus O. Schafer, M.D., MPH |
| 23,902,014 |
| 101,574 |
| 12,606,074 |
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022. The results were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
36,417,212 | 103,172 |
| 89,278 |
Proposal No. 3: Advisory vote on the Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement pursuant to the SEC’s compensation rules (referred to as the “say-on-pay” proposal). The results were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
17,483,146 | 6,452,469 | 67,973 |
| 12,606,074 |
Proposal No. 4: Vote to authorize the adjournment of the 2022 Annual Meeting to enable the Board of Directors to solicit additional proxies. The results were as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||
26,130,153 | 10,300,107 |
| 179,402 |
SIGNATURE
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.
ALTIMMUNE, INC. | |||
By: |
| /s/ Richard Eisenstadt | |
| Name: Richard Eisenstadt | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
Dated: September 29, 2022