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): May 10, 2018
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36070 | 26-0038620 | ||
| (state or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 111 Oyster Point Boulevard South San Francisco, California |
94080 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 365-5600
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (“FivePrime”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 10, 2018. The final results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of FivePrime’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. These proposals are described in detail in FivePrime’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018 (the “Proxy Statement”).
Proposal 1: FivePrime’s stockholders elected all of the nominees for director to serve a three-year term until the 2021 Annual Meeting, or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:
| Nominee |
For |
Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Sheila Gujrathi, M.D. |
26,866,165 | 304,397 | 3,313,294 | |||
| Peder K. Jensen, M.D. |
26,805,332 | 365,230 | 3,313,294 | |||
| Aron M. Knickerbocker |
26,860,372 | 310,190 | 3,313,294 |
Proposal 2: FivePrime’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to FivePrime’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the votes set forth in the table below:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 25,312,862 | 1,829,969 | 27,731 | 3,313,294 |
Proposal 3: FivePrime’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as FivePrime’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 by the votes set forth in the table below:
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 30,344,389 | 129,028 | 10,439 |
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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.
| Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Francis Sarena | |
| Francis Sarena | ||
| Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary | ||
Dated: May 11, 2018
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