SEC Form 8-K filed by Summit Therapeutics Inc.
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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. |
Effective June 12, 2024, Ujwala Mahatme informed Summit Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) that she was resigning from her role as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, and from each committee of the Board, to focus on her increasing professional commitments outside the Company. At the time of Ms. Mahatme’s resignation, she was a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board. Ms. Mahatme’s resignation was not a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 14, 2024, the Company held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting: (i) the election of eight directors to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, United States as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024; and (iii) a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.
Each of the matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors. Set forth below is the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each such matter, including a separate tabulation with respect to each nominee for director, as applicable:
Proposal 1 Election of Directors
Director Nominees |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
Robert W. Duggan |
620,632,521 | 362,133 | 18,922,547 | |||
Mahkam Zanganeh |
620,696,167 | 298,487 | 18,922,547 | |||
Manmeet S. Soni |
620,032,830 | 961,824 | 18,922,547 | |||
Kenneth A. Clark |
612,562,945 | 8,431,709 | 18,922,547 | |||
Robert Booth |
620,631,600 | 363,054 | 18,922,547 | |||
Alessandra Cesano |
613,253,170 | 7,741,484 | 18,922,547 | |||
Yu Xia |
620,368,580 | 626,074 | 18,922,547 | |||
Mostafa Ronaghi |
619,032,689 | 1,961,965 | 18,922,547 |
Proposal 2 |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, United States |
639,287,776 | 39,750 | 589,675 | — |
Proposal 3 |
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers. |
604,242,482 | 15,872,371 | 879,801 | 18,922,547 |
SIGNATURE
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.
SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||||||
Date: June 17, 2024 | By: | /s/ Manmeet S. Soni | ||||
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
(Principal Financial Officer) |