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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2025

 

 

 

PASSAGE BIO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 001-39231 82-2729751
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Commerce Square
2005 Market Street, 39th Floor

Philadelphia, PA
19103
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(267) 866-0311

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 Par Value Per Share PASG The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(Nasdaq Capital Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 28, 2025, Passage Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and the following proposals were adopted:

 

  1. Election of two Class II directors, identified in the table below, each to serve a three-year term, which will expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal:

 

Nominees  Shares
For
   Shares
Withheld
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
Maxine Gowen, Ph.D.   26,155,123    9,920,074    13,591,783 
Dolan Sondhi, Ph.D.   26,312,059    9,763,138    13,591,783 

  

  2. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025:  

 

Shares
For
   Shares
Against
   Shares
Abstaining
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
 49,459,847    70,721    136,412     

 

  3. Approval for the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to implement, at the Board's discretion,  an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio of any whole number between 1-for-5 and 1-for-50, with the exact ratio to be determined by the Board, prior to December 31, 2025, subject to the Board’s authority to abandon such amendment (without further action by the Company’s stockholders):  

 

Shares
For
   Shares
Against
   Shares
Abstaining
   Broker
Non-Votes
 
 47,038,889    2,324,612    303,479     

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  PASSAGE BIO, INC.
     
Date: May 30, 2025 By: /s/ Kathleen Borthwick
    Kathleen Borthwick
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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