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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 7, 2024. The following proposals were approved at the Annual Meeting by the votes indicated:
Proposal One: To elect one director to the board of directors of the Company to serve as a Class I director, to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The nominee for election was Milton H. Werner, Ph.D.
The following nominee was elected by the votes indicated to serve as a Class I director, to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified:
| Name |
Total Votes for Director |
Total Votes Withheld from Director |
Total Broker Non-Votes |
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| Milton H. Werner, Ph.D. |
2,993,996 | 100,914 | 1,280,045 | |||||||||
Proposal Two: To ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
| Total Votes | ||||
| For |
4,352,312 | |||
| Against |
21,268 | |||
| Abstain |
1,375 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes |
0 | |||
Proposal Three: To approve an amendment to the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock reserved for issuance by 2,500,000 shares to replenish the number of authorized shares of common stock available for future grants.
| Total Votes | ||||
| For |
2,706,691 | |||
| Against |
377,250 | |||
| Abstain |
11,569 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes |
1,279,445 | |||
The following proposal was not adopted at the Annual Meeting by the votes indicated because the requisite approval percentage was not met:
Proposal Four: To approve an amendment to Article XII of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the 66 2/3% affirmative vote requirement to amend Section 1 of Article IV thereof.
| Total Votes | ||||
| For |
2,929,207 | |||
| Against |
120,362 | |||
| Abstain |
45,941 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes |
1,279,445 | |||
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.
| Date: June 10, 2024 | INHIBIKASE THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /S/ MILTON H. WERNER | |||||
| Milton H. Werner, Ph.D. | ||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||