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): June 1, 2021
Akero Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38944 | 81-5266573 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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601 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 350 South San Francisco, CA |
94080 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (650) 487-6488
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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 |
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | AKRO | The Nasdaq Global Select 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).
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 1, 2021. As of April 5, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 34,820,319 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 27, 2021: (i) to elect three directors, Seth L. Harrison, M.D., Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D., and Yuan Xu, Ph.D., as Class II directors of the Company to each serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal (“Proposal 1”) and (ii) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 (“Proposal 2”).
The Company’s stockholders approved the Class II director nominees recommended for election in Proposal 1 at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s stockholders voted for Class II directors as follows:
| Class II Director Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Seth L. Harrison, M.D. | 21,800,912 | 4,780,457 | 5,298,544 | |||||||||
| Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D. | 21,775,483 | 4,805,886 | 5,298,544 | |||||||||
| Yuan Xu, Ph.D. | 26,548,435 | 32,934 | 5,298,544 | |||||||||
The Company’s stockholders approved to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP in Proposal 2. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||
| 31,788,019 | 12,437 | 79,457 | ||||||||
No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
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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.
| Date: June 2, 2021 | AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Andrew Cheng | |
| Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||