Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The following proposals were submitted to the stockholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Chiasma, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 11, 2020 (the “Annual Meeting”):
(i) The election of three Class II directors, as nominated by the Board of Directors, each to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal; and
(ii) The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.
The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on April 28, 2020.
The number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 42,265,341. The number of shares of common stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 31,957,627. All matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting were approved and all director nominees were elected.
The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions andbroker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon are set forth below:
| (a) | Election of Class II Directors. |
| | | | | | | | |
Director Nominee | | Votes For | | | Votes Withheld | |
Todd Foley | | | 18,917,570 | | | | 4,401,833 | |
Bard Geesaman, M.D., Ph.D. | | | 19,107,765 | | | | 4,211,638 | |
Raj Kannan | | | 19,579,765 | | | | 3,739,638 | |
There were 8,638,224broker non-votes regarding the election of directors.
| (b) | Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. |
Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The results of the voting included 31,877,543 votes for, 54,552 votes against and 25,532 votes abstained. There were nobroker non-votes regarding this proposal.