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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): June 1, 2022

 

 

CTI BIOPHARMA CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-28386   91-1533912
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

3101 Western Avenue, Suite 800

Seattle, Washington 98121

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 282-7100

Not applicable

(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:

 

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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, par value $0.001   CTIC   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 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

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.

 

 

 


On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, CTI BioPharma Corp. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. As of the close of business on April 7, 2022, the record date for the 2022 Annual Meeting, there were 101,020,981 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (as so amended, the “2017 Plan”) to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 8,000,000 and an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as so amended, the “ESPP”) to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 500,000.

For additional information regarding the 2017 Plan and the ESPP, please refer to the headings “Summary Description of the 2017 Plan” and “Summary Description of the 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan” contained in Proposal 2 and Proposal 3, respectively, of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).

The foregoing descriptions and the summaries contained in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full texts of the 2017 Plan and the ESPP, which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively.

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2022 Annual Meeting, each of the Company’s director nominees was elected and each of the other proposals voted on was approved. The proposals are described in the Proxy Statement and the final voting results are set forth below:

 

     Votes
For
     Votes
Against
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Proposal 1. Election of Directors

           

•  Adam R. Craig, M.D., Ph.D.

     42,281,987        400,081        55,623        16,448,869  

•  Laurent Fischer, M.D.

     39,160,175        3,516,504        61,012        16,448,869  

•  Michael A. Metzger

     41,285,923        1,381,415        70,353        16,448,869  

•  David Parkinson, M.D.

     41,273,354        1,394,014        70,323        16,448,869  

•  Diane Parks

     42,282,255        385,062        70,374        16,448,869  

•  Matthew D. Perry

     41,272,963        1,388,888        75,840        16,448,869  

•  Reed V. Tuckson, M.D., F.A.C.P.

     42,098,591        571,073        68,027        16,448,869  

Proposal 2. Approval of Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares

     30,647,173        12,044,954        45,564        16,448,869  

Proposal 3. Approval of Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares

     41,923,736        763,977        49,978        16,448,869  

Proposal 4. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     58,194,812        941,657        50,091        0  

Proposal 5. Advisory Vote on 2021 Named Executive Officer Compensation

     41,719,610        953,184        64,897        16,448,869  


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

    No.    

  

Description

  

Location

10.1    CTI BioPharma Corp. Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.    Filed herewith.
10.2    CTI BioPharma Corp. Amended and Restated 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.    Filed herewith.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).   


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.

 

    CTI BIOPHARMA CORP.
Date: June 3, 2022     By:  

/s/ David H. Kirske

      David H. Kirske
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer