Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As described in Item 5.07, on June 18, 2024, at the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), the shareholders of uniQure N.V. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2014 Share Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) to increase the number of ordinary shares reserved for issuance thereunder (the “Plan Amendment”). The board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved the Plan Amendment on April 11, 2024, and directed that the Plan Amendment be submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting. The Plan Amendment became effective immediately upon its approval by shareholders at the Annual Meeting.
A description of the 2014 Plan and the Plan Amendment are set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 24, 2024 (“Proxy Statement”). The foregoing description of the material terms of the 2014 Plan and the Plan Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2014 Plan, as amended by the Plan Amendment, a conformed copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 18, 2024, the Company held its Annual Meeting. There were 48,549,437 ordinary shares entitled to vote or be voted. 32,728,406 ordinary shares were voted in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.
The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which are described in the Proxy Statement.
Voting Proposal 1 - Resolution to adopt the 2023 Dutch statutory annual accounts and treatment of the results. This proposal was approved as set forth below.
For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
22,675,506 | | 2,254,845 | | 1,130,221 | | 6,667,834 |
Voting Proposal 2 - Resolution to discharge liability of the members of the Board. This proposal was approved as set forth below.
For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
22,394,000 | | 3,610,067 | | 56,505 | | 6,667,834 |
Voting Proposal 3 - Reappointment of Rachelle Jacques as non-executive director. This proposal was approved as set forth below.
For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
20,325,426 | | 5,720,419 | | 14,727 | | 6,667,834 |
Voting Proposal 4 - Reappointment of David Meek as non-executive director. This proposal was approved as set forth below.
For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
18,774,743 | | 7,274,773 | | 11,056 | | 6,667,834 |
Voting Proposal 5 - Resolution to authorize of the Board to issue ordinary shares and grant rights to subscribe for ordinary shares. This proposal was approved as set forth below.
For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
21,556,588 | | 4,483,234 | | 20,750 | | 6,667,834 |
Voting Proposal 6 - Resolution to authorize the Board to exclude or limit preemptive rights upon the issuance of ordinary shares and granting of rights to subscribe for ordinary shares. This proposal was approved as set forth below.
