Larimar Therapeutics Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 29, 2024, Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually. As of April 1, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 63,800,017 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting, which are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2024.
Proposal 1 – Election of Class I Directors. Jonathan Leff and Jeffrey W. Sherman, M.D., FACP were elected to the Board of Directors of the Company as Class I directors to serve until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors, if any, are duly elected and qualified or appointed, or their earlier death, resignation, or removal, as follows:
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Jonathan Leff |
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40,728,411 |
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10,501,069 |
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8,332,013 |
Jeffrey W. Sherman, M.D., FACP |
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51,056,220 |
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173,260 |
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8,332,013 |
Proposal 2 – Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in 2023. The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in 2023, as follows:
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48,754,088 |
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2,352,496 |
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122,896 |
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8,332,013 |
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Proposal 3 – Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountant. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year was ratified, as follows:
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59,557,743 |
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2,735 |
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1,015 |
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0 |
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Proposal 4 – Approval of an amendment to the Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. The stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation, as follows:
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50,900,686 |
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279,976 |
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48,818 |
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8,332,013 |
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Proposal 5 – Approval of an adjournment of the Annual Meeting. The stockholders approved an adjournment of the Annual Meeting to the extent there were insufficient votes to approve Proposal 4, but such an adjournment was not necessary in light of the approval of Proposal 4 at the Annual Meeting. The voting results for the adjournment proposal were as follows:
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49,740,706 |
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1,484,543 |
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4,231 |
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8,332,013 |
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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.
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Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. |
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May 31, 2024 |
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/s/ Carole S. Ben-Maimon, M.D. |
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Name: Carole S. Ben-Maimon, M.D. |