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 4, 2018
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-38276 | 27-1537290 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 6400 Westwind Way, Suite A Crestwood, KY |
40014 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (520) 241-4114
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 4, 2018. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.
| (a) | The stockholders of the Company elected Stephanie Monaghan O’Brien as a class I director for a three-year term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2021. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of the class I director was as follows: |
| Name |
For | Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||
| Stephanie Monaghan O’Brien |
26,340,039 | 907,901 | 476,098 | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | The stockholders of the Company ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows: |
| For |
Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| 27,722,486 |
1,552 | 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.
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||||
| Date: June 5, 2018 |
By: |
/s/ Cedric Francois | ||
| Cedric Francois, M.D., Ph.D. | ||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||