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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Election of Class I Directors
On November 30, 2023, Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As previously reported in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 9, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), the term of each of the Company’s Class I directors was scheduled to expire at the Annual Meeting, and the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) nominated each director for re-election at the Annual Meeting.
At the Annual Meeting, each of David Nicholson and Richard I. Steinhart was elected as a Class I director of the Board to serve for a term expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
A total of 16,495,465 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Holders of the Company’s common stock were entitled to one vote per share. The following two proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:
| (1) | To elect each of David Nicholson and Richard I. Steinhart as a Class I director to serve for a three-year term that expires at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal: |
| Director | For | Withhold | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| David Nicholson | 3,959,659 | 3,275,844 | 9,087,835 | |||
| Richard I. Steinhart | 5,630,379 | 1,777,251 | 9,087,835 |
| (2) | To ratify the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 15,842,146 | 372,774 | 280,545 | N/A |
For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Proxy Statement, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The results reported above are final voting results. No other matters were considered or voted upon at the meeting.
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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.
| Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |
| Date: December 1, 2023 | /s/ Sandesh Seth |
| Name: Sandesh Seth | |
| Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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