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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 23, 2023. As of April 24, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 48,422,688 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 28, 2023: (i) to elect three directors, Andrew Cheng M.D., Ph.D., Jane Henderson and Mark T. Iwicki, as Class I directors of the Company to each serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal (“Proposal 1”), (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, 2023 (“Proposal 2”) and (iii) to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Proposal 3”).
The Company’s stockholders approved the Class I director nominees recommended for election in Proposal 1 at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s stockholders voted for Class I directors as follows:
| Class I Director Nominee |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. |
36,595,061 | 550,839 | 3,182,388 | |||||||||
| Jane Henderson |
24,258,016 | 12,887,884 | 3,182,388 | |||||||||
| Mark T. Iwicki |
6,718,494 | 30,427,406 | 3,182,388 | |||||||||
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 |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 40,290,226 | 12,295 | 25,767 | 0 |
The Company’s stockholders approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in Proposal 3. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 35,932,802 | 1,204,824 | 8,274 | 3,182,388 |
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 26, 2023 | AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Cheng | |||||
| Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||