Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): May 23, 2017

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-37355

46-1073877

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

12340 El Camino Real, Suite 250, San Diego, California 92130

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 704-4660

N/A

(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 23, 2017. At the Annual Meeting, t he Company’s stockholders elected the Class II director nominees of the Company and ratified the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 (together, the “Proposals”). Each Proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2017. As of April 3, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 23,925,425 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued and outstanding. The final votes on the Proposals presented at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1. Election of Class II Director Nominees

J. Matthew Singleton and Stephen W. Webster were each elected as Class II directors at the Annual Meeting to serve until the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The final voting results were as follows:


Director Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
J. Matthew Singleton	8,027,562	1,167,263	9,860,160
Stephen W. Webster	8,813,711	381,114	9,860,160

Proposal 2. Ratification of the Selection of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The final voting results were as follows:


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
18,221,286	47,376	786,323	0

SIGNATURES

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.


	Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

Date: May 24, 2017	By:	/s/ Brian Lian, Ph.D.
		Brian Lian, Ph.D.
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)