UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

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AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on June 21, 2017

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Information             

 

     
           Meeting Type:   Annual Meeting      
 

    AVEO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

        

 

For holders as of:    April 24, 2017

     
          

 

Date:   June 21, 2017       Time:  10:00 AM EDT

     
          

 

Location:    One Broadway

     
 

 

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   5th Floor

   Cambridge, MA 02142

     
                  
            
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You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.

 
     

 

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  Voting items      
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

 

         

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  1.     Election of Directors          
   

 

Nominees

         
 

 

01  Michael P. Bailey    02  Kenneth M. Bate    03  Anthony  B. Evnin    04  Henri A. Termeer    05  Robert C. Young

 
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

         
 

 

2.

 

 

To approve a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.

      NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.    
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:

         
 

 

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To hold an advisory vote on the frequency of future executive compensation advisory votes.

         
             
  The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 4., 5., 6. and 7.          

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To approve the Second Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan to reserve up to an additional 3,500,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the plan and to provide for certain other amendments.

         
 

 

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To approve an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of our common Stock from 200,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares.

         
 

 

6.  

 

 

To approve an amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock, by a ratio of not less than 1-for-3 and not more than 1-for-15, such ratio and the implementation and timing of such reverse stock split to be determined in the discretion of our board of directors.

         
 

 

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To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017.

     

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THE COMPANY NAME INC. - 401 K

 

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