ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. (NASDAQ:AVXL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07.
On April 17, 2018, Anavex Life Sciences Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting”) as prescribed in the Proxy Statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2018. At the Meeting, three proposals were submitted for a vote of the Company’s stockholders and the related results are as follows:
Proposal No. 1: The election of Christopher Missling, Ph.D., Athanasios Skarpelos, Elliot Favus, M.D., Steffen Thomas, Ph.D., Peter Donhauser, D.O., and Claus van der Velden, Ph.D. for terms until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until each such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The stockholders elected each of the six directors by the following votes:
| Director | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes |
| Christopher Missling, Ph.D. | 12,570,598 | 532,873 | 21,285,293 |
| Athanasios Skarpelos | 12,318,672 | 784,799 | 21,285,293 |
| Elliot Favus, M.D. | 12,587,488 | 515,983 | 21,285,293 |
| Steffen Thomas, Ph.D. | 9,868,982 | 3,234,489 | 21,285,293 |
| Peter Donhauser, D.O. | 12,403,123 | 700,348 | 21,285,293 |
| Clause van der Velden, Ph.D. | 12,474,352 | 629,119 | 21,285,293 |
Proposal No. 2: An advisory vote on the compensation paid to our named executive officers. The proposal was approved as follows:
| Votes For | 9,907,130 |
| Votes Against | 2,958,367 |
| Abstentions | 237,974 |
| Broker Non-Votes | 21,285,293 |
Proposal No. 3: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as follows:
| Votes For | 33,752,226 |
| Votes Against | 498,082 |
| Abstentions | 138,456 |