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CURRENT REPORT
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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.
As described under Item 5.07 of this report, on June 18, 2020, the stockholders of TG Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “TG”) voted at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2020 Annual Meeting”) to approve an amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) to increase the shares of common stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan by 8,000,000 shares from 18,000,000 to 26,000,000 and to remove a provision indicating that no incentive stock options may be issued under the Incentive Plan after the tenth anniversary of the original effective date of the Incentive Plan.
The Company’s Board of Directors approved the Plan Amendment on April 24, 2020, subject to stockholder approval at the 2020 Annual Meeting. The Plan Amendment became effective at the time of stockholder approval.
A copy of the Plan Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02. The material terms of the 2012 Incentive Plan as so amended are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2020 Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 29, 2020.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its 2020 Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time by means of an online meeting platform. Stockholders representing 91,997,546, or 83.5%, of the 110,167,984 outstanding shares were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. Proxies were solicited by the Company pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. At the 2020 Annual Meeting, Proposals 1, 2, and 3 were approved, while Proposal 4 was not approved. The four proposals below are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2020 Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on April 29, 2020.
The results are as follows:
Proposal 1
The votes with respect to the election of the seven directors to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting were as follows:
Director | Votes For | % Voted For | Votes Withheld | % Voted | Broker Non- |
Michael S. Weiss | 55,214,471 | 83.82% | 10,660,647 | 16.18% | 26,122,428 |
Laurence N. Charney | 40,375,498 | 61.29% | 25,499,620 | 38.71% | 26,122,428 |
Yann Echelard | 47,511,930 | 72.12% | 18,363,188 | 27.88% | 26,122,428 |
Kenneth Hoberman | 44,233,278 | 67.15% | 21,641,840 | 32.85% | 26,122,428 |
Daniel Hume | 47,531,072 | 72.15% | 18,344,046 | 27.85% | 26,122,428 |
William J. Kennedy | 42,910,401 | 65.14% | 22,964,717 | 34.86% | 26,122,428 |
Sagar Lonial, MD | 60,913,501 | 92.47% | 4,961,617 | 7.53% | 26,122,428 |
Proposal 2
The vote with respect to the ratification of CohnReznick LLP as TG’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 was as follows:
Total Votes For | Total Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
88,025,232 | 1,248,631 | 2,723,683 | 0 |
Proposal 3
The vote with respect to the approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2012 Incentive Plan was as follows:
Total Votes For | Total Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
58,297,379 | 7,274,044 | 303,695 | 26,122,428 |
Proposal 4
The vote with respect to a shareholder proposal to amend the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws to require a majority vote in director elections was as follows:
Total Votes For | Total Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
44,677,296 | 20,639,169 | 558,653 | 26,122,428 |
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
| Description |
10.1 |
| Amendment to TG Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Incentive Plan. |
101 | Inline XBRL Document Set for the Cover Page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
TG THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
Date: June 24, 2020 | By: | /s/ Sean A. Power |
Name: | Sean A. Power | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT TO THE
TG THERAPEUTICS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2012 INCENTIVE PLAN
This Amendment to the TG Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), is hereby adopted, effective as of the date indicated below.
W I T N E S E T H:
WHEREAS, TG Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Plan, and the Plan is currently in effect; and
WHEREAS, Section 16.1 of the Plan authorizes the Board or the Committee (as defined in the Plan) to amend the Plan, subject to certain limitations, including stockholder approval for certain amendments; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized this Amendment to the Plan and has recommended that the stockholders of the Company approve this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Plan is hereby amended as follows, subject to and effective as of the date of stockholder approval hereof:
1. Section 5.1. of the Plan is hereby amended by increasing the share references in such section from 18,000,000 to 26,000,000 (an 8,000,000 increase in the overall share reserve), so that such section reads in its entirety as follows:
“5.1 .NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 5.2 and Section 15.1, the aggregate number of Shares reserved and available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be 26,000,000. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be 26,000,000.”
2. Section 3.2 of the Plan is hereby amended so that such section reads in its entirety as follows:
“3.2. TERMINATION OF PLAN. Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall continue in effect until June 18, 2030, or, if the stockholders approve an additional amendment to the Plan that increases the number of Shares subject to the Plan, the tenth anniversary of the date of such approval. The termination of the Plan on such date shall not affect the validity of any Award outstanding on the date of termination, which shall continue to be governed by the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan.”
3. Section 11.1 of the Plan is hereby amended so that such section reads in its entirety as follows:
“11.1.OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The provisions of the Plan are intended to ensure that all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted hereunder to any Covered Employee prior to November 2, 2017, shall qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption.”
4. Except as specifically set forth herein, the terms of the Plan shall be and remain unchanged, and the Plan as amended shall remain in full force and effect.
The foregoing is hereby acknowledged as being the Amendment to the TG Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Incentive Plan, as adopted by the Board on April 24, 2020, and approved by the Company’s stockholders on June 18, 2020.
| TG THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Sean Power |
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| Its: | Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer |
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