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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On October 23, 2023, Tharimmune, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 10,937,815 shares of the Company’s common stock, constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2023, are as follows:
Proposal 1. At the Annual Meeting, five nominees for director were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier resignation, removal or death. The result of the votes to elect the five directors were as follows:
| Directors | For | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Randy Milby | 8,314,605 | 193,390 | 2,429,820 | |||||||||
| Leonard Mazur | 8,358,930 | 149,108 | 2,429,777 | |||||||||
| Lynne A. Bui | 7,823,648 | 684,390 | 2,429,777 | |||||||||
| Sireesh Appajosyula | 8,313,024 | 194,971 | 2,429,820 | |||||||||
| Kelly Anderson | 8,315,552 | 192,486 | 2,429,777 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman P.A. (“RRBB”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The result of the votes to approve RRBB was as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | |||||||
10,732,062 | 203,030 | 2,723 | |||||||
Proposal 3. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved the Company’s 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”). The result of the votes to approve the 2023 Plan was as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| 8,129,962 | 375,606 | 2,470 | 2,429,777 | ||||||||||
Proposal 4. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved granting discretionary authority to the Company’s board of directors to (A) amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect one or more consolidations of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to which the shares of common stock would be combined and reclassified into one share of common stock at a ratio within the range from 1-for-2 up to 1-for-50 (the “Reverse Stock Split”) and (B) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by stockholders entitled thereto by entitling such stockholders to receive from the Company’s transfer agent, in lieu of any fractional share, the number of shares of common stock rounded up to the next whole number, provided that, (X) that the Company shall not effect Reverse Stock Splits that, in the aggregate, exceed 1-for-50, and (Y) any Reverse Stock Split is completed no later than October 23, 2024. The result of the votes to approve the Reverse Stock Split proposal was as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
| 10,382,866 | 544,784 | 10,164 | 1 | ||||||||||
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: October 24, 2023 | THARIMMUNE, INC. |
| /s/ Randy Milby | |
| Randy Milby | |
| Chief Executive Officer |