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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): November 21, 2017

 

GENEREX BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware 000-29169 98-0178636
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

 

 

10102 USA Today Way, Miramar, Florida 33025
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

  

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (416) 364-2551

 

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:

 

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

 

On November 21, 2017, Generex Biotechnology Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of the Company’s Stockholders (the “Meeting”) at 10102 USA Today Way. Miramar, Florida 33025.  The following proposals were submitted to the stockholders at the Meeting:

 

1.to elect eight directors;

 

2.to approve an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock from 2,450,000 shares to 750,000,000 shares;

 

3.to approve an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to change the Company’s name to NuGenerex Biotechnology Holdings, Inc.;

 

4.to approve the adoption of the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan;

 

5.to approve the adjournment of the Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies to vote in favor of the proposal set forth in Item 2;

 

6.to ratify the appointment of MNP LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the year ending July 31, 2017; and

 

7.to hold a non-binding, advisory vote regarding the frequency of voting on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

 

Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 28, 2017 were entitled to vote at the Meeting.  As of that date, 1,065,093 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting.  Holders of the Company’s Series I Preferred Stock were entitled to vote on the election of directors (Item 1) and on the proposal to authorize additional shares of common stock (Item 2); however, those holders did not exercise those voting rights at the Meeting. 851,546 shares of common stock of the Company were represented at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum (80% of the outstanding stock).

 

The votes with respect to each of the proposals are set forth below.

 

(1) Elect the Directors of the Company to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting:

 

The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting by the votes indicated below:

 

Name of Director Nominees  For*  Withheld  Broker Non-Votes
Joseph Moscato   285,911    28,039    537,596 
Andrew Ro   288,768    25,182      
Dr. Gary H. Lyman.   288,788    25,162      
Dr. Craig Eagle   286,309    27,641      
Dr, James M. Anderson, Jr.   289,491    24,459      
Brian T. McGee   289,244    24,706      
Kevin Centofanti   276,743    28,207      
Lawrence Salvo   286,445    27,505      

 

* No votes were cast by the holders of Series I Preferred Stock in respect of the election of directors.

 

(2) Proposal to amend Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock

 

The proposal to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock was approved as 54.7 % of the outstanding common stock voted in favor of the proposal and a vote of at least 50% of the outstanding common stock in favor of the proposal was required to approve it.  There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.  

 

FOR*  AGAINST  ABSTAIN
 582,905    194,600    4,783 

*No votes were cast by the holders of the Series I Preferred Stock.

 

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(3) Proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to change the Company’s name to NuGenerex Biotechnology Holdings, Inc.

 

The proposal to change our name to NuGenerex Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. was approved as 65.67 % of the outstanding common stock voted in favor of the proposal and a vote of at least 50% of the outstanding common stock in favor of the proposal was required to approve it.  There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

 

FOR  AGAINST  ABSTAIN
 699,517    86,993    6,105 

 

 

(4) Proposal to Adopt the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan:

 

The proposal to adopt the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the votes indicated below, being 86% of the votes cast at the meeting.

 

FOR  AGAINST  ABSTAIN  BROKER NON-VOTES
 212,117    36,268    7,184    537,596 

 

 

(5) Proposal to approve an adjournment if necessary:

 

The Adjournment Proposal was approved by the following vote.

 

FOR  AGAINST  ABSTAIN
 622,004    144,491    26,121 

 

 

(6) Ratification of the appointment of MSCM LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2017:

 

The proposal to ratify the appointment of MSCM LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for fiscal year ending July 31, 2017 was approved by the votes indicated below. There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

 

 

FOR  AGAINST  ABSTAIN
 719,091    66,874    6,650 

 

 

(7) Frequency of Non-Binding Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation:

 

A frequency of three years for non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation was adopted by 86% of the votes cast at the meeting, with the frequencies of one, two and three years receiving the votes indicated below.

 

 

Frequency

  Votes For
One year   25,021 
Two Years   7,685 
Three Years.   208,444 
Abstain   12,331 

 

 Item 9.01. 

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1       Press Release dated November 27, 2017

 

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

GENEREX BIOTECHNOLOGY

CORPORATION.

   
Date: November 27, 2017 /s/ Mark Fletcher
  Mark Fletcher
  Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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