ARDELYX, INC. (NASDAQ:ARDX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote Security Holders.
On June13, 2018, Ardelyx, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s principal executive offices located at 34175 Ardenwood Blvd., Suite 200 (2nd Floor), Fremont, California 94555. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April20, 2018, the record date for the Annual Meeting, were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 47,603,568 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 43,952,888shares of the Company’s common stock were voted in person or by proxy for the two proposals set forth below, each of which is described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April26, 2018.
Proposal No.1 – Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected the ClassI director nominees below to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to hold office until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected.
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Class I Director Nominees |
VotesFor |
VotesWithheld |
BrokerNon‑Votes |
|
William Bertrand, Jr., Esq. |
32,172,136 |
4,814,123 |
6,966,629 |
|
Annalisa Jenkins, MBBS, FRCP |
25,515,353 |
11,470,906 |
6,966,629 |
|
Jan Lundberg, Ph.D. |
35,698,931 |
1,287,328 |
6,966,629 |
Proposal No.2 – Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board, of Ernst& Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December31, 2018.
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Votes For |
VotesAgainst |
Abstentions |
BrokerNon-Votes |
|
43,821,510 |
96,384 |
34,994 |
0 |