8-K

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, 2026

    

CANDEL THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-40629	52-2214851
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

117 Kendrick St Suite 450
Needham, Massachusetts		02494
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

     Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617) 916-5445

    

     Not Applicable

    

(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, $0.01 par value per share	CADL	The Nasdaq Global 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.

Candel Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 23, 2026. As of April 24, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 73,270,239 outstanding shares of the Company’s voting common stock. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2026: (i) to elect four Class II directors, Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D., Paul B. Manning, Maha Radhakrishnan, M.D., and Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., FMedSci, to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successor has been duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal (“Proposal 1”) and (ii) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 (“Proposal 2”).

The Company’s stockholders elected each of the Class II director nominees, Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D., Paul B. Manning, Maha Radhakrishnan, M.D., and Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., FMedSci, recommended for election at the Annual Meeting in Proposal 1. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:


	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D.	24,897,348	6,796,622	22,175,525
Paul B. Manning	31,591,618	102,352	22,175,525
Maha Radhakrishnan, M.D.	31,047,706	646,264	22,175,525
Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., FMedSci	31,414,668	279,302	22,175,525

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, recommended for ratification in Proposal 2 at the Annual Meeting. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:


For	Against	Abstain
53,543,020	238,508	87,967

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

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.


			Candel Therapeutics, Inc.

Date:	June 24, 2026	By:	/s/ Paul Peter Tak
			Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., FMedSci President and Chief Executive Officer

Candel Therapeutics Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders