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): July 22, 2019

 

Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-38318

82-2493065

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4747 Executive Drive, Suite 510

San Diego, CA 92121

(858) 731-8180

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

ODT

Nasdaq Global Select Market

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).

 

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


 


 

I tem  5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On July 22, 2019, Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following proposals, which are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”):

 

 

1.

Election of the 7 director nominees named in the Proxy Statement to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

 

 

2.

Ratification of the selection of Squar Milner LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019;

 

 

3.

Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation; and

 

 

4.

Approval of the amendment of the Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. 2017 Stock Option Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock issuable thereunder by 1,500,000.

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on June 21, 2019 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the Record Date, 26,763,656 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding, of which 26,256,687 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or represented by proxy.

Each of the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting was approved by the Company’s stockholders. The final voting results with respect to each of the proposals are set forth below:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

 

Name of Director Nominees

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-vote

Kevin Tang

 

20,564,723

 

1,089,407

 

240,240

 

4,362,317

Jeff Vacirca, M.D.

 

20,805,693

 

1,088,576

 

101

 

4,362,317

Aaron Davis

 

20,736,661

 

1,157,606

 

103

 

4,362,317

Laura Johnson Douglass

 

21,759,890

 

134,379

 

101

 

4,362,317

Craig Johnson

 

20,649,925

 

1,244,342

 

103

 

4,362,317

Robert Rosen

 

20,349,872

 

1,544,395

 

103

 

4,362,317

George Tidmarsh, M.D., Ph.D.

 

20,610,955

 

1,283,312

 

103

 

4,362,317

Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

26,252,534

 

3,496

 

657

Proposal 3: Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-vote

21,890,767

 

3,272

 

331

 

4,362,317

Proposal 4: Approval of the Amendment of the Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. 2017 Stock Option Plan

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-vote

19,308,483

 

2,585,886

 

1

 

4,362,317

 


 


 

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.

 

 

Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: July 24, 2019

By:

 

/s/    Michael Hearne

 

 

 

Michael Hearne

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer