SEC Form 8-K filed by Forte Biosciences Inc.
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company held its 2025 annual meeting of stockholders on May 29, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”). Of the 6,583,382 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the record date of April 30, 2025, 5,288,388 shares were represented at the Annual Meeting, either by proxy or by attending the meeting. The matters voted on at the Annual Meeting and the votes cast with respect to each such matter are set forth below:
| 1. | Election of Class II Directors. The following nominees were elected to serve as Class II directors, each to hold office until the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or his or her earlier resignation or removal: |
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Richard Vincent |
4,083,905 | 15,746 | 1,188,737 | |||
| Shiv Kapoor |
4,083,436 | 16,215 | 1,188,737 | |||
| David Gryska |
2,786,414 | 1,313,237 | 1,188,737 |
| 2. | Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified based on the following results of voting: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 5,285,363 | 2,987 | 38 | 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.
| FORTE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 30, 2025 | By: | /s/ Antony Riley | ||||
| Antony Riley | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||