| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On June 27, 2024, Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As further described in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “2020 Plan Amendment”) to the Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan Amendment was approved by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) on March 1, 2024 and became effective upon stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.
The 2020 Plan Amendment amends the 2020 Plan (as amended, the “Amended Plan”) to treat outstanding pre-funded warrants with an exercise price per share equal to a penny or less the same as outstanding common stock such that beginning in 2025 and ending in 2030, annual increases to the shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2020 Plan will equal the lesser of (i) 5% of the shares of common stock outstanding or issuable upon exercise of outstanding pre-funded warrants with an exercise price per share equal to a penny or less, in each case, as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (ii) such smaller number of shares determined by the Board.
The terms and conditions of the Amended Plan are described in the section entitled “Proposal 4 – Approval of Amendment to our 2020 Incentive Award Plan” included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”). This description is incorporated by reference into Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The above and the incorporated descriptions of the Amended Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the 2020 Plan Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of voting common stock from 300,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares. The increase in the number of authorized shares voting common stock was effected pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 27, 2024 and was effective as of such date.
The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on five proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Proxy Statement. Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 29, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 75,017,589 shares of the Company’s voting common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The tabulation of the stockholder votes on each proposal brought before the Annual Meeting is as follows:
Proposal 1. The election of two Class I directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successor is elected. The results of the vote were as follows:
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Nominee | | Votes For | | | Votes Withheld | | | Broker
Non-Votes | |
Lawrence M. Blatt, Ph.D., MBA | | | 50,280,425 | | | | 6,805,958 | | | | 9,943,666 | |
James Scopa, JD, MBA | | | 50,312,861 | | | | 6,773,522 | | | | 9,943,666 | |
