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): March 11, 2020
APTEVO THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-37746 | 81-1567056 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 2401 4th Avenue, Suite 1050 Seattle, Washington |
98121 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 838-0500
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | APVO | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On March 11, 2020, Aptevo Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) at which the Company’s stockholders:
| (1) | approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio in the range of 1-for-2 to 1-for-20, with such ratio to be determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and with such reverse stock split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion (Proposal 1); and |
| (2) | approved an authorization to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal 1. |
The tables below set forth the results of the vote of the Company’s stockholders for the Special Meeting.
Proposal 1: To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio in the range of 1-for-2 to 1-for-20, with such ratio to be determined in the discretion of the Board and with such reverse stock split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion.
| Votes for |
Votes against |
Abstentions |
Broker non-votes | |||
| 33,403,255 | 4,437,638 | 34,133 | None |
Proposal 2: To authorize an adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal 1.
| Votes for |
Votes against |
Abstentions |
Broker non-votes | |||
| 34,007,413 | 3,786,631 | 80,982 | None |
No adjournment of the Special Meeting was necessary.
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.
| APTEVO THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||||||
| Date: March 12, 2020 | By: | /s/ Marvin L. White | ||||
| Marvin L. White | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||