UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): June 16, 2020


Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-38599
82-3827296
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

30 Technology Drive
Warren, NJ 07059
(908) 941-1900
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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

Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
AQST
Nasdaq Global Market



Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a)             Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 16, 2020.

(b)             The final voting results on each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

(1) The following director nominees were elected to serve as Class II directors, each to serve for a three-year term until the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

Nominee
 
Votes For
 
Votes
Withheld
 
Votes
Abstaining
 
Broker Non-Votes
Gregory B. Brown, M.D.
 
13,095,733
 
764,154
 
0
 
9,667,660
John S. Cochran
 
13,029,356
 
830,531
 
0
 
9,667,660

(2) The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was ratified.

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Votes Abstaining
23,010,926
 
135,002
 
381,619


SIGNATURE

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 18, 2020
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.
     
 
By:
 /s/ John T. Maxwell
   
Name: John T. Maxwell
   
Title: Chief Financial Officer