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): May 25, 2017

 

AIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-37519

 

45-2748244

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

8000 Marina Blvd, Suite 300
Brisbane, CA 94005

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 614-5220

 

 

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))

 

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. 

 

 

 

 


 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 25, 2017, Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2017. Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 31, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 50,315,674 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The tabulation of the stockholder votes on each proposal brought before the Annual Meeting is as follows:

Proposal 1. The election of two directors to hold office until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successor is elected:

 

 

Nominee

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Mark D. McDade

33,396,557

 

3,343,810

 

10,776,300

Stacey D. Seltzer

33,979,800

 

2,760,567

 

10,776,300

Proposal 2. The ratification of the selection, by the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company, of KPMG, LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

47,419,191

 

7,639

 

89,837

As a routine proposal under applicable rules, no broker non-votes were recorded in connection with this proposal.

 


 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: May 26, 2017

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Douglas T. Sheehy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas T. Sheehy

General Counsel and Secretary