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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on November 12, 2019.
NEOLEUKIN THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
Meeting Information | |||||||
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting | ||||||||
For holders as of: September 18, 2019 | ||||||||
Date:November 12, 2019 Time:1:30 p.m. local time | ||||||||
Location: | Fenwick & West LLP | |||||||
1191 2nd Avenue | ||||||||
FI. 10 Seattle, Washington 98101
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2018 ANNUAL REPORT PROXY STATEMENT
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Voting Items |
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: | ||||||||||||
1. | Election of Directors | |||||||||||
Nominees: | ||||||||||||
01) | Jonathan G. Drachman |
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02) | Sarah B. Noonberg | |||||||||||
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: | ||||||||||||
2. | To approve the conversion of 101,927 shares of the company’s non-voting convertible preferred stock issued to the former equity holders of Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc. (“Former Neoleukin”) in connection with the completed acquisition of Former Neoleukin, into 10,192,700 shares of the company’s common stock. | |||||||||||
3. | To approve an amendment to the company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000. | |||||||||||
4. | To approve, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, an amendment to the company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio not less than 1-for-2 and not greater than 1-for-5, with the exact ratio to be set within that range at the discretion of the Board of Directors before December 31, 2020, and a corresponding reduction in the number of authorized shares of common stock, without further approval or authorization of the stockholders. | |||||||||||
5. | To approve amendments to the company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the number of shares of the company’s common stock available for grant and issuance thereunder by 4,500,000 shares. | |||||||||||
6. | To ratify the appointment of Deloitte LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. | |||||||||||
7. | To approve one or more adjournments of the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates if necessary or appropriate to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve the Proposal Nos. 1 through 6 at the time of the Annual Meeting or in the absence of a quorum. | |||||||||||
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such business as may properly come before the meeting. | ||||||||||||
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Voting Items |
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: | ||||||||||||
1. | Election of Directors | |||||||||||
Nominees: | ||||||||||||
01) | Jonathan G. Drachman |
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02) | Sarah B. Noonberg | |||||||||||
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: | ||||||||||||
3. | To approve an amendment to the company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000. | |||||||||||
4. | To approve, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, an amendment to the company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio not less than 1-for-2 and not greater than 1-for-5, with the exact ratio to be set within that range at the discretion of the Board of Directors before December 31, 2020, and a corresponding reduction in the number of authorized shares of common stock, without further approval or authorization of the stockholders. | |||||||||||
5. | To approve amendments to the company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the number of shares of the company’s common stock available for grant and issuance thereunder by 4,500,000 shares. | |||||||||||
6. | To ratify the appointment of Deloitte LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. | |||||||||||
7. | To approve one or more adjournments of the Annual Meeting to a later date or dates if necessary or appropriate to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve the Proposal Nos. 1 through 6 at the time of the Annual Meeting or in the absence of a quorum. | |||||||||||
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such business as may properly come before the meeting. | ||||||||||||
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