8-K

Date: June 19, 2019

AERPIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

/s/ Stephen Hoffman

Stephen Hoffman

Chief Executive Officer

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 18, 2019

AERPIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-38560	61-1547850
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9987 Carver Road Cincinnati, OH		45242
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (513) 985-1920

Not Applicable

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

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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	ARPO	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.

Emerging growth company ☒

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 June 18, 2019, Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 22, 2019, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 40,588,004 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 30, 2019: (i) to elect Anupam Dalal, Pravin Dugel and Steven Prelack as Class II directors of the Company to each serve for a three-year term, expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2022 and until their successors have been elected and qualified , subject to their earlier resignation or removal (“Proposal 1”) and (ii) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 (“Proposal 2”).

The Company’s stockholders approved the Class II director nominees recommended for election in Proposal 1 at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s stockholders voted for Class II directors as follows:


Class II Director Nominee	For	Withhold	Broker Non-Votes
Anupam Dalal	20,462,801	1,202,063	12,066,068
Pravin Dugel	20,458,243	1,206,621	12,066,068
Steven Prelack	20,465,288	1,199,576	12,066,068

The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 2. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:


For	Against	Abstain
32,498,947	1,082,676	149,309

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

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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.