Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: INNT) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 4, 2018, the stockholders of Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to provide for an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued to the Plan and an evergreen provision to automatically increase the number of shares issuable to the Plan on an annual basis for the period commencing on January 1, 2019 and ending on January 1, 2022. The Board of Directors of the Company previously approved the adoption of the Plan on September 28, 2018, subject to stockholder approval of the amendment to Section 4.01 of the Plan. The Plan will terminate automatically on April 30, 2022.

Theterms of the Plan are set forth under the caption “Proposal 2-Approval of An Amendment to the Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2018 (the “Proxy Statement”).Such description is incorporated herein by reference and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On December 4, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws to (i) revise the advance notice provisions, including with respect to the information stockholders are required to provide with respect to director nominations and the submission of proposals at annual meetings, (ii) include a forum selection provision requiring stockholder class actions and derivative suits to be filed in the Delaware Chancery Court and requiring certain actions to be filed in the federal district courts of the U.S., (iii) to revise the voting standards applicable to certain matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and (iv) make certain technical changes and conforming changes to reflect certain changes to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that were approved by the Company’s stockholders at its annual meeting, as more fully described in Item 5.07 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The foregoing description of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 4, 2018. The stockholders considered ten proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Proxy Statement.

Proposal 1: To elect seven nominees as described in the Proxy Statement. The votes were cast as follows:

All nominees were elected.

Proposal 2: To approve an amendment to the Plan to provide for an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued to the Plan and an evergreen provision to automatically increase the number of shares issuable to the Plan on an annual basis for the period commencing on January 1, 2019 and ending on January 1, 2022. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 2 was approved.

Proposal 3: To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) to provide for a classified Board and grant to the Board the exclusive authority to fill vacancies on the Board. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 3 was approved.

Proposal 4: To approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate to require that special meetings of stockholders be called by (i) the Board to a resolution approved by a majority of directors then in office, (ii) the chairperson of the Board, (iii) the chief executive officer or (iv) the president. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 4 was approved.

Proposal 5: To approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate to permit stockholder action to be taken only at a duly called annual or special meeting and to prohibit stockholder action by written consent or electronic transmission. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 5 was approved.

Proposal 6: To approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate to prohibit director removal without cause and to allow removal with cause only by the vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 6 was approved.

Proposal 7: To approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate to grant to the Board the exclusive authority to increase or decrease the size of the Board. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 7 was approved.

Proposal 8: To approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate to require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company to amend certain provisions of the Restated Certificate and to amend the Amended and Restated Bylaws. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 8 was approved.

Proposal 9: To approve an amendment to the Restated Certificate to conform certain provisions to Delaware law and to make various other clarifying and technical changes. The votes were cast as follows:

Broker non-votes: 2,791,010.

Proposal 9 was approved.

Proposal 10: To ratify the selection of Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018. The votes were cast as follows:

Proposal 10 was approved.

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