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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 16, 2016

 

NEOTHETICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-36754

 

20-8527075

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

9171 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 270, San Diego, CA 92122

(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(858) 750-1008

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

n/a

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

On June 16, 2016, Neothetics, Inc. (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 20, 2016, the record date of the Annual Meeting, there were 13,799,196 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. At the Annual Meeting, a quorum of 10,261,823 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy. The Company’s stockholders elected a Class II director and approved the ratification of the independent registered public accounting firm as detailed below. Each of the voting matters (the “Proposals”) are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2016. The final votes on the Proposals presented at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1

Martha J. Demski was elected as a Class II director to hold office until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until her successor is elected and has qualified, or, if sooner, until the director’s death, resignation or removal, by the following vote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominee

  

Votes For

  

Votes Withheld

  

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha J. Demski

  

6,124,477

  

281,637

  

3,855,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following individual is a continuing director with a term expiring upon the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Kim P. Kamdar, Ph.D..

 

The following individuals are continuing directors with terms expiring upon the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Jeffrey M. Nugent and Maxim Gorbachev.

Proposal 2

The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 by the following vote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Votes For  

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

10,150,604

 

107,314

 

3,905

 

No other items were presented for stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.

 

 


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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEOTHETICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 17, 2016

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Susan A. Knudson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan A. Knudson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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