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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 5, 2024

 

 

 

Astria Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37467   26-3687168
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission File
Number)		   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

22 Boston Wharf Road
 10th Floor 		       
Boston, Massachusetts       02210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)       (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 349-1971

 

75 State Street, Suite 1400

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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 Act:

 

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

 

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 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On June 5, 2024, Astria Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders, upon the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors, approved the second amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2015 Plan”, and as further amended and restated, the “Second Amended and Restated 2015 Plan”), which amendment and restatement had been previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors subject to stockholder approval, to, among other things, increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued under the 2015 Plan by 5,750,000 shares, and extend the term of the 2015 Plan to ten years from the date the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company.

 

The description of the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Plan contained in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”), under the heading “Proposal No. 2—Approval of the Second Amendment and Restatement of the 2015 Plan” is incorporated herein by reference. A complete copy of the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Plan is attached as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On June 5, 2024, the Company held the Annual Meeting. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting.

 

a)Proposal 1. The stockholders of the Company elected Sunil Agarwal, Gregg Lapointe and Jonathan Violin as Class III directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of Class III directors were as follows:

 

Name  Votes For   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-
Votes		   Votes Abstaining 
Sunil Agarwal   46,212,531    23,723    4,868,973    - 
Gregg Lapointe   38,546,969    7,366,654    5,191,604    - 
Jonathan Violin   39,155,703    6,757,920    5,191,604    - 

 

b)Proposal 2. The stockholders of the Company approved the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Plan, to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock available for grant under the 2015 Plan by 5,750,000 shares, and extend the term of the 2015 Plan to ten years from the date the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the approval of the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Plan were as follows:

 

Votes For  Votes Against  Broker Non-Votes  Votes Abstaining
33,617,011  12,637,381  4,848,249  2,586

 

d)Proposal 3. The stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the ratification of such appointment were as follows:

 

Votes For  Votes Against  Broker Non-Votes  Votes Abstaining
51,069,770  32,061  -  3,396

 

e)Proposal 4. The stockholders of the Company approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the advisory vote on executive compensation were as follows:

 

Votes For  Votes Against  Broker Non-Votes  Votes Abstaining
40,882,888  5,346,924  4,868,967  6,448

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

  ASTRIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
     
Date: June 6, 2024 By: /s/ Ben Harshbarger
    Ben Harshbarger
    Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

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