8-K: Current report filing
Published on July 9, 2021
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): July 8, 2021
LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE | 000-51476 | 20-2903526 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
161 West Altadena Drive
Altadena, California 91001
(Address of principal executive offices)
(631) 830-7092
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
248 Route 25A, No. 2
East Setauket, New York 11733
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | LIXT | The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC | ||
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | LIXTW | The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC |
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 July 8, 2021, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The matters voted upon were:
Proposal 1: The election of six director nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve for a one-year term expiring at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
Proposal 2: To approve, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the fiscal year 2020 executive compensation.
Proposal 3: To approve, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the frequency of voting on executive compensation.
Proposal 4: To ratify the appointment of Weinberg & Company, P.A. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
The results of the voting were as follows:
Proposal 1 (election of directors):
Each of the director nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors was elected as follows:
Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
Dr. John Kovach | 7,627,469 | 555,142 | 1,389,252 | |||
Dr. Philip Palmedo | 7,625,013 | 557,598 | 1,389,252 | |||
Dr. Stephen Forman | 7,627,672 | 554,939 | 1,389,252 | |||
Dr. Yun Yen | 7,624,769 | 557,842 | 1,389,252 | |||
Gil N Schwartzberg | 7,628,019 | 554,592 | 1,389,252 | |||
Regina Brown | 8,176,131 | 6,480 | 1,389,252 |
Proposal 2 (executive compensation):
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
8,158,816 | 21,101 | 2,694 | 1,389,252 |
Proposal 3 (frequency of vote):
Frequency/Vote Type | Votes For | |
3 years | 7,566,699 | |
2 years | 10,804 | |
1 year | 604,137 | |
Abstain | 971 | |
Broker Non-Votes | 1,389,252 |
Proposal 4 (appointment of accounting firm):
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
8,988,374 | 581,584 | 1,905 | 0 |
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.
Date: July 9, 2021 |
LIXTE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, INC. (Registrant) |
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By: | /s/ JOHN S. KOVACH | |
John S. Kovach, Chief Executive Officer |