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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 16, 2023, Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in a virtual-only format via live webcast. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed on April 4, 2023 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As of March 20, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 36,504,836. The number of shares of Common Stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 31,052,957 thus establishing a quorum for the Annual Meeting. Shares present virtually during the Annual Meeting were considered shares of Common Stock represented in person at the Annual Meeting. Each share of Common Stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were asked to vote on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Proxy Statement: (i) to elect three Class III director nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), each to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal (“Proposal No. 1”) and (ii) to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (“Proposal No. 2”).
The voting results reported below are final.
Proposal No. 1
David M. Epstein, Wendy L. Dixon and Kapil Dhingra were duly elected to the Board as Class III directors. The results of the election were as follows:
| CLASS II DIRECTOR NOMINEE | FOR | WITHHELD | BROKER NON- VOTES | |||||||
| David M. Epstein | 26,357,348 | 84,077 | 4,611,532 | |||||||
| Wendy L. Dixon | 19,131,310 | 7,310,115 | 4,611,532 | |||||||
| Kapil Dhingra | 20,012,773 | 6,428,652 | 4,611,532 | |||||||
Proposal No. 2
The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||
| 31,012,770 | 22,331 | 17,856 | |||||
No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| May 16, 2023 | BLACK DIAMOND THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Brent Hatzis-Schoch | |
| Name: | Brent Hatzis-Schoch | |
| Title: | Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel | |