ALBIREO PHARMA, INC. (NASDAQ:ALBO) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
  Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
  Change in Fiscal Year.
  On June 12, 2017, Albireo Pharma, Inc. filed a Certificate of
  Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
  amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to
  reduce the number of authorized shares of Albireos common stock
  from 200,000,000 to 30,000,000 shares (the Charter Amendment).
  As disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the
  Charter Amendment was approved by Albireos stockholders at the
  2017 annual meeting of stockholders held on June 9, 2017. The
  foregoing description of the Charter Amendment does not purport
  to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
  the full text of the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is filed
  as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
  incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.
Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  On June 9, 2017, Albireo held its 2017 annual meeting of
  stockholders. At the meeting, Albireos stockholders: (1) elected
  each of Michael Gutch, Ph.D. and Denise Scots-Knight, Ph.D. to
  Albireos Board of Directors as a Class I director for a term of
  three years to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of
  stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and
  qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or
  removal (Election of Directors); (2) approved the Charter
  Amendment; (3) ratified the appointment of Ernst Young LLP as
  Albireos independent registered public accounting firm for the
  fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 (Auditor Ratification); (4)
  approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Albireos
  named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for
  the meeting (Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation); and (5)
  recommended a frequency of three years for future advisory votes
  on the compensation of Albireos named executive officers
  (Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive
  Compensation). A more complete description of each of these
  matters is set forth in Albireos definitive proxy statement filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2017.
  The number of votes cast in favor or against or withheld by the
  stockholders and, where applicable, the number of abstentions and
  the number of broker nonvotes on each of the foregoing matters
  are set forth below.
| 1. Election of Directors | |||||||||||
| Nominee | Shares Voted For | Shares Voted to Withhold Authority | Broker Nonvotes | ||||||||
| Michael Gutch, Ph.D. | 4,090,374 | 9,925 | 440,406 | ||||||||
| Denise Scots-Knight, Ph.D. | 4,089,363 | 10,936 | 440,406 | ||||||||
| 2. Charter Amendment | Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Nonvotes | |||||||
| 4,491,975 | 44,324 | 4,406 | n/a | ||||||||
| 3. Auditor Ratification | Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Nonvotes | |||||||
| 4,528,367 | 7,564 | 4,774 | n/a | ||||||||
| 4. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | Shares Voted For | Shares Voted Against | Shares Abstaining | Broker Nonvotes | |||||||
| 4,081,137 | 14,690 | 4,472 | 440,406 | ||||||||
| 
          5. Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on | Shares Voted For 3 Years | Shares Voted For 2 Years | Shares Voted For 1 Year | Shares Abstaining | Broker Nonvotes | ||||||
| 2,050,665 | 1,173,692 | 869,894 | 6,048 | 440,406 | |||||||
  Albireos Board of Directors has considered the results on the
  Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive
  Compensation, in which a frequency of three years received the
  affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of Albireos common
  stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to
  vote, and determined that, unless and until the Board of
  Directors determines otherwise, future stockholder advisory votes
  on executive compensation will occur every three years.
  Accordingly, the next stockholder advisory vote on executive
  compensation will be held at Albireos 2020 annual meeting of
  stockholders. The next required stockholder advisory vote
  regarding the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive
  compensation will be held in six years at Albireos 2023 annual
  meeting of stockholders.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description | 
| 3.1 | 
          Certificate of Amendment to Albireos Restated Certificate | 
 
                



