8-K: Current report filing
Published on October 11, 2023
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Acasti Pharma Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on October 10, 2023 (the “Annual Meeting”). Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Company’s board of director’s solicitation. Holders of a total of 4,078,661 of the Company’s common shares were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing 54.76% of the Company’s 7,448,033 common shares that were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the record date of August 18, 2023. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results on each matter. Each of the proposals is described in further detail in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”).
Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors
The following nominees were elected as directors by the votes indicated to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders, as set forth in the Proxy Statement:
Nominee |
Votes For |
% Votes For |
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% Votes Withheld |
Non-Vote |
Vimal Kavuru |
2,746,424 |
97.82% |
61,122 |
2.18% |
1,271,115 |
A. Brian Davis |
2,761,502 |
98.36% |
46,044 |
1.64% |
1,271,115 |
S. George Kottayil |
2,758,885 |
98.27% |
48,662 |
1.73% |
1,271,115 |
Prashant Kohli |
2,758,939 |
98.27% |
48,607 |
1.73% |
1,271,115 |
Edward Neugeboren |
2,759,075 |
98.27% |
48,471 |
1.73% |
1,271,115 |
Proposal No. 2 – Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP
The proposal to appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the Company’s next annual meeting shareholders and to authorize the Company’s board of directors to fix their remuneration was approved by the shareholders by the following vote:
For |
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Non-Vote |
3,982,999 |
97.65% |
81,017 |
1.99% |
14,644 |
0.36% |
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Proposal No. 3 – Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement was approved by the shareholders by the following vote:
For |
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% Against |
Abstain |
% Abstain |
Non-Vote |
2,730,102 |
97.24% |
68,055 |
2.42% |
9,389 |
0.33% |
1,271,115 |
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.
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ACASTI PHARMA INC. |
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October 11, 2023 |
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/s/ Prashant Kohli |
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Prashant Kohli |