Mustang Bio 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. |
Mustang Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 26, 2024, by means of an online virtual meeting platform at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. At the Annual Meeting, the following two proposals were approved: (i) the election of seven directors to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders; and (ii) the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. The two proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2024.
As of December 4, 2024, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting, 48,768,863 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were outstanding and eligible to vote with an aggregate of 48,768,863 votes; 845,385 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock were outstanding and eligible to vote with an aggregate of 56,359 votes; and 250,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Preferred Stock were outstanding and eligible to vote with an aggregate of 53,726,077 votes, as determined in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Approximately 58% of all votes were represented at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum.
Proposal 1
The votes with respect to the election of seven directors to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders were as follows:
| Director | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Michael S. Weiss | 58,341,063 | 1,127,036 | 0 | ||||||||
| Manuel Litchman, M.D. | 58,774,775 | 693,324 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. | 58,357,788 | 1,110,311 | 0 | ||||||||
| Neil Herskowitz | 58,737,407 | 730,692 | 0 | ||||||||
| David Jin | 58,830,033 | 638,066 | 0 | ||||||||
| Adam Chill | 58,881,270 | 586,829 | 0 | ||||||||
| Michael Zelefsky, M.D. | 58,894,954 | 573,145 | 0 | ||||||||
Proposal 2
The votes with respect to the ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, were as follows:
| Total Votes For | Total Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||||
| 59,374,816 | 62,690 | 30,593 | ||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Mustang Bio, Inc. | ||
| Date: January 2, 2025 | ||
| By: | /s/ Manuel Litchman, M.D. | |
| Name: | Manuel Litchman, M.D. | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |