8-K 1 tmb-20210527x8k.htm 8-K

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): May 27, 2021


PASSAGE BIO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware

001-39231

82-2729751

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

th Floor

One Commerce Square

200 Market Street, 39th Floor

Philadelphia, PA

19103

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(267) 866-0311

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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, $0.0001 Par Value Per Share

PASG

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(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).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.


Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 27, 2021, Passage Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the following proposals were adopted:

1.Election of three Class I directors, identified in the table below, each to serve a three-year term, which will expire at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal:

Nominees

Shares
For

Shares
Withheld

Broker
Non-Votes

Bruce Goldsmith, Ph.D.

40,579,003

2,015,796

3,027,672

Derrell Porter, M.D.

42,135,625

459,174

3,027,672

Tadataka Yamada, M.D.

40,192,611

2,402,188

3,027,672

2.Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021:

Shares
For

Shares
Against

Shares
Abstaining

45,595,941

14,733

11,797

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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.

PASSAGE BIO, INC.

Date: May 28, 2021

By:

/s/ Bruce Goldsmith

Dr. Bruce Goldsmith, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer and President

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