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 21, 2020

 

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)

 

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:

 

    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

 

 

Title of Each Class

 

Trading Symbol

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share

 

VKTX

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Warrants to purchase Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share

 

VKTXW

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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. 

The 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 21, 2020. At the Annual Meeting, the 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, 2020 (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 6, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 72,562,863 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 S. Kathy Rouan, Ph.D. were each elected as Class II directors at the Annual Meeting to serve until the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until his or her 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

  

22,820,362

  

3,197,543

  

25,292,767

S. Kathy Rouan, Ph.D.

 

25,406,038

 

611,867

 

25,292,767

 

 

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, 2020. The final voting results were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

50,383,913

  

836,693

  

90,066

  

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 21, 2020

By:

/s/ Brian Lian, Ph.D.

 

 

Brian Lian, Ph.D.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

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