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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 12, 2024

 

 

BOLT BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-39988

47-2804636

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

900 Chesapeake Drive

 

Redwood City, California

 

94063

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (650) 665-9295

 

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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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 $0.00001 per share

 

BOLT

 

The Nasdaq Global Select 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 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 12, 2024, Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to consider and vote on the two proposals set forth below, each of which is described in greater detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2024. A total of 38,127,740 shares of the Company's common stock were entitled to vote as of April 15, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 25,928,185 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition of management’s solicitation.

a.
The following director nominees were elected to serve as Class III members of the Company’s board of directors until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified, or until their respective death, resignation or removal:

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Kathleen LaPorte

 

 

12,706,287

 

 

 

3,990,176

 

 

 

9,231,722

 

Nicole Onetto, M.D.

 

 

12,819,050

 

 

 

3,880,294

 

 

 

9,228,841

 

b.
The selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified.

Votes For

 

 

Votes Against

 

 

Votes Abstaining

 

 

23,736,566

 

 

 

2,032,686

 

 

 

158,933

 

 


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date:

June 14, 2024

By:

/s/ William P. Quinn

 

 

 

William P. Quinn
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer