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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On October 13, 2022, atai Life Sciences N.V. (the “Company”) held its general meeting of shareholders (the “General Meeting”). As of September 15, 2022, the record date for the General Meeting, there were approximately 165,875,307 common shares outstanding. Each common share is entitled to one vote on any matter presented at the General Meeting as a voting item.
The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the General Meeting, all of which are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2022.
Proposal 1 – Adoption of Dutch statutory annual accounts for fiscal year 2021:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 83,006,479 | 115,004 | 46,960 | — |
Proposal 2 – Release of each member of our board of supervisory directors and the Company’s board of managing directors from liability for the exercise of their duties:
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| 79,906,860 | 2,020,477 | 1,241,106 | — |
Proposal 3 - Appointment of Stephen Bardin as Managing Director:
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Abstain |
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| 82,427,213 | 696,248 | 44,982 | — |
Based on the foregoing votes, the shareholders approved Proposals 1, 2 and 3.
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.
| ATAI LIFE SCIENCES N.V. | ||||||
| Date: October 14, 2022 | By: | /s/ Florian Brand | ||||
| Name: | Florian Brand | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
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| Entity Tax Identification Number | 00-0000000 |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001840904 |
| Document Type | 8-K |
| Document Period End Date | Oct. 13, 2022 |
| Entity Registrant Name | ATAI LIFE SCIENCES N.V. |
| Entity Incorporation State Country Code | P7 |
| Entity File Number | 001-40493 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | c/o Mindspace |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | Wallstraße 16 |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 10179 |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Berlin |
| Entity Address, Country | DE |
| City Area Code | +49 89 |
| Local Phone Number | 2153 9035 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Security 12b Title | Common shares, €0.10 par value per share |
| Trading Symbol | ATAI |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | true |
| Entity Ex Transition Period | false |