XBiotech 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.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of XBiotech Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 20, 2024. The matters that were voted upon at the meeting, and the number of votes cast for and against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, are set forth below. Stockholders voted in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations on each matter and voted to (1) elect five nominees for director; (2) ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
Proposal #1 Election of five members of the Board of Directors
For | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |
John Simard | 9,032,922.58 | 14,388.00 | 2,573,795.00 |
Jan-Paul Waldin | 7,407,212.58 | 1,635,148.00 | 2,578,745.00 |
W. Thorpe McKenzie | 8,485,018.58 | 558,511.00 | 2,577,576.00 |
Donald MacAdam | 8,817,755.58 | 225,774.00 | 2,577,576.00 |
Peter Libby | 9,040,330.58 | 6,980.00 | 2,573,795.00 |
Proposal #2 Ratification of the selection of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending 2024
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
11,411,235.58 | 146,216.00 | 63,654.00 | 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.
Date: June 20, 2024 | XBIOTECH INC. | |
By: | /s/John Simard | |
John Simard | ||
Chief Executive Officer and President |