ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. (NASDAQ:AVXL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07.
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On April 18, 2017, 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 10, 2017. At the Meeting, five proposals were
submitted for a vote of the Companys stockholders and the related
results are as follows:
Proposal No. 1: The election of Christopher Missling,
Ph.D., Athanasios Skarpelos, Bernd Metzner, Ph.D., Elliot Favus,
M.D., Steffen Thomas, Ph.D., and Peter Donhauser, D.O. for terms
until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until each such
directors 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. | 20,994,287 | 143,387 | 11,605,706 |
| Athanasios Skarpelos | 20,402,917 | 734,757 | 11,605,706 |
| Bernd Metzner, Ph.D. | 20,045,674 | 1,092,000 | 11,605,706 |
| Elliot Favus, M.D. | 20,987,992 | 149,682 | 11,605,706 |
| Steffen Thomas, Ph.D. | 20,423,109 | 714,565 | 11,605,706 |
| Peter Donhauser, D.O. | 20,989,746 | 147,928 | 11,605,706 |
Proposal No. 2: Regarding a vote to amend the Companys
Articles of Incorporation to authorize up to 10,000,000 shares of
preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per
share.The stockholders did not submit enough affirmative
votes to approve the amendment of the Companys Articles of
Incorporation as set forth in this proposal with respect to
authorizing 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company
as follows:
| Votes For | 18,659,912 |
| Votes Against | 2,218,830 |
| Abstentions | 258,932 |
| Broker Non-Votes | 11,605,706 |
Proposal No. 3: The approval of a Shareholder Rights
Plan.The stockholders approved the adoption of a Stockholder
Rights Plan as follows:
| Votes For | 19,895,990 |
| Votes Against | 1,177,192 |
| Abstentions | 64,492 |
| Broker Non-Votes | 11,605,706 |
Proposal No. 4:Ratification of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders ratified
BDO USA, LLP as the Companys independent registered public
accounting firm as follows:
| Votes For | 32,456,763 |
| Votes Against | 93,762 |
| Abstentions | 192,855 |
Proposal No. 5: Approval of Issuance of Common
Stock. The stockholders approved the issuance of common
stock of the Company under the Purchase Agreement dated October
21, 2015, by and between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital
Fund, LLC as follows:
| Votes For | 20,092,854 |
| Votes Against | 786,722 |
| Abstentions | 258,098 |
| Broker Non-Votes | 11,605,706 |
ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. (NASDAQ:AVXL) Recent Trading Information
ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. (NASDAQ:AVXL) closed its last trading session down -0.11 at 5.75 with 216,418 shares trading hands.