8-K
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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): June 17, 2022

 

 

Gritstone bio, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-38663

47-4859534

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

5959 Horton Street, Suite 300

 

Emeryville, California

 

94608

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 510 871-6100

 

 

(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))
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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, $0.0001 par value per share

 

GRTS

 

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.

 

 


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

On June 17, 2022, Gritstone bio, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 72,812,833 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 52,842,755 shares of the Company’s common stock were voted in person or by proxy for the two proposals set forth below, each of which is described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2022.

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors

The Company’s stockholders elected the Class I director nominees below to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected.

 

Class I Director Nominees

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Andrew Allen, M.D., Ph.D.

 

35,710,148

 

3,035,777

 

14,096,830

Naiyer Rizvi, M.D.

 

32,958,841

 

5,787,084

 

14,096,830

Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Accounting Firm

The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board, of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Abstentions

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

52,645,537

 

 

 

106,364

 

 

 

90,854

 

 

 

 


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Gritstone bio, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 21, 2022

By:

/s/ Andrew Allen

 

 

 

Andrew Allen
President and Chief Executive Officer