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): December 26, 2023
Longeveron Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | 001-40060 | | 47-2174146 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
1951 NW 7th Avenue, Suite 520, Miami, Florida 33136
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 909-0840
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:
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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 |
| Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | | LGVN | | The Nasdaq Capital 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.
(a) Longeveron Inc. (the “Company”) held a special meeting of stockholders on December 26, 2023.
(b) Two (2) proposals were submitted by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to a vote of Company stockholders, and the final results of the voting on each proposal, rounded to the nearest whole share, are noted below.
The Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of up to (i) 4,848,486 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) upon the exercise of purchase warrants issued to an institutional purchaser in a private transaction that occurred concurrently with the Company’s registered offering that closed on October 13, 2023 (the “Purchaser Warrants”), and (ii) 169,697 shares of our Common Stock upon the exercise of a Common Stock purchase warrant issued to H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC and its designees (the “Agent”) as partial compensation for services in connection with the referenced transaction (the “Placement Agent Warrant” and together with the Purchaser Warrants, the “Warrants”) that may be equal to or exceed 20% of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding before such offering (the “Warrant Exercise Proposal”); and approved the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary.
Proposal No. 1 – Approval of the Issuance of up to 5,018,183 shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of warrants.
| For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non Vote |
| 73,244,407 | | 106,707 | | 8,413 | | 0 |
Proposal No. 2 – Approval of the Adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve Proposal One (Warrant Exercise Proposal).
| For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non Vote |
| 73,258,560 | | 94,963 | | 6,003 | | 0 |
SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| | LONGEVERON INC. |
| | |
| Date: December 28, 2023 | /s/ Lisa Locklear |
| | Name: | Lisa Locklear |
| | Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
