UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 14, 2018

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DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

000-24477

30-0645032

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

1317 Carlton Avenue, Suite 200

Charlottesville, Virginia

 

22902

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(434) 220-0718

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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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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

 

The 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 14, 2018. A quorum was present at the Annual Meeting. Matters submitted to the stockholders and voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018 (the “Proxy Statement”), were: (1) to elect seven persons to serve as directors until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified; (2) to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018; (3) to approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), to effect a reverse stock split of the shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than one-to-two and not greater than one-to-fifteen, with the exact ratio and effective time of the reverse stock split to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, if at all; and (4) to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2017, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved each of the proposals other than Proposal 4, and the final results were as follows:

 

(1)

Election of seven persons to serve as directors until the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:

 

 

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

David G. Kalergis

 

15,343,243

 

3,830,989

 

18,173,941

Isaac Blech

 

16,792,809

 

2,381,423

 

18,173,941

John L. Gainer, Ph.D.

 

18,231,570

 

942,662

 

18,173,941

Robert Adams

 

16,596,349

 

2,577,883

 

18,173,941

Mark T. Giles

 

16,449,328

 

2,724,904

 

18,173,941

Alan Levin

 

16,869,374

 

2,304,858

 

18,173,941

Robert R. Ruffolo

 

16,872,164

 

2,302,068

 

18,173,941

 

 

(2)

Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018:

 

For

Against

Abstain

35,912,411

 

386,460

 

1,049,302

 

 

(3)

Approval of an amendment to the Charter to effect a reverse stock split of the shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than 1-to-2 and not greater than 1-to-15, with the exact ratio and effective time of the reverse stock split to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, if at all:

 

For

Against

Abstain

32,874,791

 

3,152,450

 

1,320,932

 

 

(4)

Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2017, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

8,929,949

 

9,998,110

 

246,173

 

18,173,941

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: June 15, 2018

DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David G. Kalergis

 

 

Name: David G. Kalergis

Title:   Chief Executive Officer