Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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

Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As described under Item 5.07 below, at the annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 26, 2025, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment (the “EIP Amendment”) to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2021 Plan”), pursuant to which the number of common shares of the Company available for issuance under the 2021 Plan was increased by 19,500,000. The Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) previously approved the EIP Amendment, subject to shareholder approval. A more complete description of the EIP Amendment and a summary of the 2021 Plan, as amended by the EIP Amendment, is in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary of the EIP Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the EIP Amendment, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this report.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting was held on June 26, 2025 and involved the election of directors of the Company and three other matters voted upon by the Company’s shareholders. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting are described in detail in the Proxy Statement. Below is a brief description of each such matter and the final voting results, including the number of votes cast for, withheld or against, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes with respect to each matter, as applicable. Voting results are, when applicable, reported by rounding fractional share voting down to the nearest whole number.

4. Shareholders approved the EIP Amendment by the votes set forth below.:

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

* Incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the Proxy Statement.

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.