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| ITEM 5.07 | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
The following information is filed pursuant to Item 5.07, “Submission of Matter to a Vote of Security Holders.”
On May 7, 2020, Zymeworks Inc. (the “Company”), held its 2020 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 158 of the holders of the Company’s common shares were present or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 73.1% of the Company’s 45,527,655 common shares that were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting as of the record date of March 13, 2020. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting, and the final voting results on each matter. Each of the proposals are described in further detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated March 23, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2020.
Proposal 1
| 1. | The shareholders voted by way of ballot and the following nominees were elected as directors to serve until their term expires or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. |
| Nominee |
Votes For |
%Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
% Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
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| Hollings C. Renton |
23,776,748 |
84.19 |
% | 4,465,185 |
15.81 |
% | 5,022,483 |
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| Lota Zoth |
23,764,694 |
84.15 |
% | 4,477,239 |
15.85 |
% | 5,022,483 |
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Proposal 2
| 2. | The shareholders voted on an advisory and non-binding basis by way of ballot and approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. There were 5,022,484 non-votes for this proposal. |
| Votes For |
%Votes For |
Votes Against |
% Votes Against |
Votes Abstaining |
%Votes Abstaining |
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| 27,550,018 |
97.55 |
% | 266,013 |
0.94 |
% | 425,901 |
1.51 |
% | ||||||||||||
Proposal 3
| 3. | The shareholders voted on an advisory and non-binding basis by way of ballot and selected every year as the preferred frequency of holding future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. There were 5,022,485 non-votes for this proposal. |
| Votes For 1 Year |
% Votes |
Votes |
% Votes |
Votes |
% Votes |
Votes |
% Votes Abstaining |
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| 28,181,129 |
99.78 |
% | 38,694 |
0.14 |
% | 8,650 |
0.03 |
% | 13,458 |
0.05 |
% | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 4
| 4. | The shareholders voted by way of ballot and KPMG LLP, chartered professional accountants, were reappointed as auditors for the Company until the close of the next annual general meeting of shareholders and the directors were authorized to determine their remuneration. |
| Votes For |
%Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
% Votes Withheld |
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| 32,999,576 |
99.20 |
% | 264,840 |
0.80 |
% | |||||||
A report outlining the voting results described above is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
| ITEM 7.01 | REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. |
On May 8, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the voting results of its Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities in Canada on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) at www.sedar.com. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto.
The information provided under this Item (including Exhibit 99.2, attached hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |||
| 99.1 |
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| 99.2 |
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| 104 |
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded as Inline XBRL document). | |||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| ZYMEWORKS INC. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: May 8, 2020 |
By: |
/s/ Neil Klompas | ||||
| Name: Title: |
Neil Klompas Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer | |||||