Form: 8-K

Current report filing

August 24, 2020

 



 

 

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): August 21, 2020


Heat Biologics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

001-35994

26-2844103

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


627 Davis Drive, Suite 400

Morrisville, North Carolina 27560

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)


(919) 240-7133

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name and Former Address)


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

 

 

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


 

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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, $0.0002 par value per share

HTBX

The Nasdaq Stock Market

(The 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  ¨

 


If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark 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 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On August 21, 2020, Heat Biologics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2018 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock that the Company will have authority to grant under the plan by an additional 15,000,000 shares of common stock. A description of the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, is set forth in Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting, which was filed on July 29, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”), in the section entitled “Proposal 3—APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO OUR 2018 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK THAT WE WILL HAVE AUTHORITY TO GRANT UNDER THE PLAN BY AN ADDITIONAL 15,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK”, which is incorporated herein by reference. The description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 3 to the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, a copy of which is included as an exhibit hereto and attached to the Definitive Proxy Statement as Appendix A.


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


On August 21, 2020, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following three (3) proposals and cast their votes as described below.  These matters are described in detail in the Definitive Proxy Statement.


The final results for Proposals 1, 2, and 3 as set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement are as follows:


Proposal 1 — Election of Directors


The following four (4) individuals were elected as directors, to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified with the following votes:

 

Name of Director

 

Votes For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Jeffrey Wolf

 

16,160,632

 

3,658,320

 

49,009,774

2.  John Monahan, Ph.D.

 

14,890,085

 

4,928,867

 

49,009,774

3.  Edward B. Smith, III

 

14,718,935

 

5,100,017

 

49,009,774

4.  John Prendergast, Ph.D.

 

14,904,015

 

4,914,937

 

49,009,774


Proposal 2 — Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The stockholders ratified and approved the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020 based on the votes set forth below:

  

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65,205,989

 

1,411,845

 

2,210,892

 

0


Proposal 3 — Approval of an Amendment to our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan


As further described above in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the stockholders approved and adopted Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, which amendment increased the number of shares of common stock that the Company will have authority to grant under the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan by an additional 15,000,000 shares of common stock.  As a result, a maximum of 27,000,000 shares of common stock may be issued under the 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.  The results of the voting for this approved proposal were as follows:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,560,606

 

6,938,804

 

319,542

 

49,009,774





 



Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amendment No. 3 to the Heat Biologics, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2020)






 



  

SIGNATURES


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.


Dated:  August 24, 2020

HEAT BIOLOGICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey Wolf

 

Name:

Jeffrey Wolf

 

Title:

Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer