6-K 1 dp130985_6k.htm FORM 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of June, 2020

Commission File Number: 001-37891

 

AC IMMUNE SA

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

EPFL Innovation Park

Building B

1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F

X 

   Form 40-F

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

 

Yes   No

X

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 

Yes   No

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting Results

 

On June 26, 2020, AC Immune SA (“AC Immune”) held its annual Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting. The presentation that was given at the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and the press release relating to the results of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. The final results of each of the agenda items submitted to a vote of the shareholders are as follows:

 

Agenda Item 1: Approval of the Annual Report, Annual Statutory Financial Statements and Financial Statements under IFRS of AC Immune SA for the year 2019

 

AC Immune shareholders approved the Annual Report, the Annual Statutory Financial Statements and the Financial Statements under IFRS of AC Immune SA for the year 2019, and took note of the Reports of the Auditors.

 

Agenda Item 2: Appropriation of Profit

 

AC Immune shareholders approved that the profit for the year 2019 in the amount of KCHF 45,169 reduces the “accumulated losses brought forward” of KCHF 107,320, resulting in a new balance of “accumulated losses brought forward” of KCHF 62,151.

 

Agenda Item 3: Discharge of the Members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee

 

AC Immune shareholders approved the discharge of the Board and the Executive Committee of their liabilities for their activities in the financial year 2019.

 

Agenda Item 4: Compensation for the Members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee

 

AC Immune shareholders approved:

 

  A. The total maximum amount of non-performance-related compensation for the members of the Board of Directors covering the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, i.e., CHF 565,000 (cash based compensation plus pensionable social security costs);

 

  B. The maximum grant of equity or equity linked instruments for the members of the Board of Directors from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 with maximum value of CHF 635,000 (equity or equity linked instruments at grant value plus pensionable social security costs);

 

  C. The total maximum amount of non-performance-related cash compensation for the members of the Executive Committee from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, i.e., CHF 2,778,000 (cash based compensation plus pensionable social security costs);

 

  D. The total maximum amount of variable compensation for the members of the Executive Committee for the current year 2020, i.e., CHF 1,133,000 (cash based compensation plus pensionable social security costs);

 

  E. The maximum grant of equity or equity linked instruments for the members of the Executive Committee from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 with maximum value of CHF 3,496,000 (equity or equity linked instruments at grant value plus pensionable social security costs); and

 

  F.

The 2019 Remuneration Report as filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as Annex 99.3 to the Company’s March 30, 2020 Form 6-K filing.

 

Agenda Item 5: Re-elections

 

Agenda Item 5.1: Re-elections of the Members of the Board

 

AC Immune shareholders approved the re-election of Douglas Williams as member and as Chairman of the Board, the re-election of Martin Velasco as member and as Vice-Chairman of the Board, the re-election of Peter Bollmann, Andrea Pfeifer, Tom Graney, Werner Lanthaler and Roy Twyman as members of the Board of Directors, each until the end of the next Ordinary General Meeting.

 

Agenda Item 5.2: Re-elections to the Compensation, Nomination & Corporate Governance Committee

 

AC Immune shareholders approved the re-election of Martin Velasco, Tom Graney and Douglas Williams as members of the Compensation, Nomination & Corporate Governance Committee, each until the end of the next Ordinary General Meeting.

 

Agenda Item 5.3: Re-elections of the Statutory Auditors

 

AC Immune shareholders approved the re-election of PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, in Pully, for a term of office of one year.

 

Agenda Item 5.4: Re-election of the Independent Proxy

 

AC Immune shareholders approved the re-election of Reymond & Associés, represented by Denis Cherpillod as AC Immune’s independent proxy until the end of the next Ordinary General Meeting.

 

Agenda Item 6: Amendments to the Articles of Association

 

Agenda Item 6.1: Authorized Share Capital

 

AC Immune shareholders approved an amendment to the existing first paragraph of article 3a (Authorized Capital Increase of Share Capital) of the articles of association pertaining to a proposed increase by the Board of Directors in AC Immune’s share capital, in one or several steps, until 27 June 2022, by a maximum amount of CHF 290,000 by issuing a maximum of 14,500,000 registered shares with a par value of CHF 0.02 each, to be fully paid up. An increase of the share capital (i) by means of an offering underwritten by a financial institution, a syndicate or another third party or third parties, followed by an offer to the then-existing shareholders of the Company and (ii) in partial amounts, shall also be permissible.

 

Agenda Item 6.2: Conditional Capital Increase for Bonds and Similar Debt Instruments

 

AC Immune shareholders approved an amendment to the existing first paragraph of article 3b (Conditional Capital Increase for Bonds and Similar Debt Instruments) of the articles of association pertaining to the increase of the share capital of the company by a maximum amount of CHF 91,560.94 through the issue of a maximum of 4,578,047 registered shares, payable in full, each with a nominal value of CHF 0.02, through the exercise of conversion and/or option or warrant rights granted in connection with bonds or similar instruments, issued or to be issued by the Company or by subsidiaries of the Company, including convertible debt instruments.

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

  AC IMMUNE SA  
     
     
    By: /s/ Andrea Pfeifer  
      Name: Andrea Pfeifer  
      Title: Chief Executive Officer  



    By: /s/ Joerg Hornstein  
      Name: Joerg Hornstein  
      Title: Chief Financial Officer  

 

Date: June 26, 2020

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 Description
99.1 Annual Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting presentation
99.2 Press Release dated June 26, 2020