Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLS) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June1, 2018. As of April6, 2018, the record date for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 104,319,552 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.A summary of the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the final voting results are set forth below.
Proposal 1. Election of Directors
The seven persons listed below were elected as directors at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, each to serve until the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The final voting results were as follows:
| Votes For | VotesWithheld | BrokerNon-Votes | |
|
David Baltimore, Ph.D. |
49,631,205 | 4,072,987 | 38,511,005 |
|
Kathryn J. Collier |
52,755,308 | 948,884 | 38,511,005 |
|
Joseph P. Hagan |
49,616,442 | 4,087,750 | 38,511,005 |
|
Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D. |
49,475,601 | 4,228,591 | 38,511,005 |
|
William Rastetter, Ph.D. |
49,671,149 | 4,033,043 | 38,511,005 |
|
Hugh Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. |
49,671,431 | 4,032,761 | 38,511,005 |
|
Pascale Witz |
49,668,954 | 4,035,238 | 38,511,005 |
Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The final voting results were as follows:
|
Votes For |
VotesAgainst |
Abstentions |
BrokerNon-Votes |
|
52,838,305 |
751,650 | 114,237 | 38,511,005 |
Proposal 3. The Company’s stockholders indicated, on an advisory basis, every year as the preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The final voting results were as follows:
|
VotesForEveryYear |
VotesForEveryTwo Years |
VotesforEveryThree Years |
Abstentions |
BrokerNon-Votes |
|
49,467,562 |
3,569,322 | 447,456 | 219,852 | 38,511,005 |
Based on these results, and consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company has determined to hold a non-binding stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year.
Proposal 4. Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection by the Company’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst& Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December31, 2018. The final voting results were as follows:
|
Votes For |
VotesAgainst |
Abstentions |
|
90,809,879 |
1,159,396 | 245,922 |
About Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLS)
Regulus Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs that target microRNAs to treat a range of diseases. The Company uses its microRNA product platform to develop chemically modified, single-stranded oligonucleotides that the Company calls anti-miRs to modulate microRNAs and return diseased cells to their healthy state. The Company’s Regulus microMarkers division is focused on identifying microRNAs as biomarkers of human disease. It has a research collaboration with Biogen focused on the discovery of microRNAs as biomarkers for multiple sclerosis and has completed research for another pharmaceutical company to explore microRNAs as biomarkers for specific patient populations. The Company is developing RG-101, an N-Acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-conjugated anti-miR targeting miR-122; RG-012, an anti-miR targeting microRNA-21 for the treatment of Alport syndrome, and RG-125, a GalNAc-conjugated anti-miR targeting microRNA-103/107.