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): May 21, 2019
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-23047 | 13-3864870 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
31 East 62nd Street New York, New York (Address of principal executive offices) | | 10065 (Zip code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 672-9100
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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, $.0001 par value | SIGA | The Nasdaq Global Market |
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 21, 2019, SIGA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2019 Annual Meeting”) in New York, New York. Stockholders representing 76,167,997 shares of common stock, or 94.1% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the March 29, 2019 record date, were present in person or were represented at the meeting by proxy. The items listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the 2019 Annual Meeting. Final voting results are shown below.
At the 2019 Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (i) elected ten director nominees to hold office until the earlier of the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company or until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal and (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent certified public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.
| (1) | Election of the following individuals to hold office as directors of the Company for terms of one year. |
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With respect to each director nominee there were 26,485,905 broker “non-votes”.
| (2) | Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. |
Number of Shares Voted | |
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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.
| | SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
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| | By: | /s/ Daniel J. Luckshire | |
| | Name: | Daniel J. Luckshire | |
| | Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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| Date: May 22, 2019 | | | |
