Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On February 21, 2018 ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company) held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
Meeting). At the Meeting, the Companys stockholders (i) re-elected Gary S. Jacob, James Sapirstein, Timothy Block, John P. Brancaccio, Arnold Lippa, Thomas Adams and Tamar Howson as directors of the Companys Board, (ii) ratified the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Companys independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 and (iii) approved an amendment to the Companys 2013 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder to 10,700,000 shares from 7,700,000 shares.
As of January 23, 2018, the record date for the Meeting, there were 81,017,863 shares of our common stock outstanding (including 2,166,934 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock), of which at least 41,080,732 shares were represented at the Meeting, or approximately 50.706% of the total outstanding, which was sufficient to constitute a quorum.
Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals:
Proposal No. 1- Election of Directors
Name
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Votes For
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Votes Against
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Votes Abstained
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Gary S. Jacob
|
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18,898,373
|
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0
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3,520,340
|
|
James Sapirstein
|
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21,072,469
|
|
0
|
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1,346,244
|
|
John P. Brancaccio
|
|
18,987,750
|
|
0
|
|
3,430,963
|
|
Arnold Lippa
|
|
19,205,607
|
|
0
|
|
3,213,106
|
|
Thomas Adams
|
|
19,032,795
|
|
0
|
|
3,385,918
|
|
Timothy Block
|
|
21,533,713
|
|
0
|
|
885,000
|
|
Tamar Howson
|
|
20,407,601
|
|
0
|
|
2,011,112
|
|
Proposal No. 2 Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Companys independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.
Votes For
|
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Votes Against
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Votes Abstained
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40,335,615
|
|
541,393
|
|
203,723
|
|
Proposal No. 3 Approval of Amendment to 2013 Equity Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares issuable thereunder to 10,700,000 from 7,700,000
Votes For
|
|
Votes Against
|
|
Votes Abstained
|
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15,602,694
|
|
6,517,708
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298,311
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|
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