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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 13, 2024, Aspira Women’s Health Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 12,344,104 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. There were 8,093,336 shares present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The final voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected each of the Company’s six nominees for director for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, as set forth below:
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NOMINEE |
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BROKER NON-VOTES |
Stefanie Cavanaugh |
4,213,732 |
69,683 |
5,564 |
3,804,357 |
Celeste R. Fralick, Ph.D. |
4,220,435 |
67,647 |
897 |
3,804,357 |
Jannie Herchuk |
4,210,555 |
72,860 |
5,564 |
3,804,357 |
Lynn O’Connor Vos |
4,215,103 |
72,978 |
898 |
3,804,357 |
Nicole Sandford |
4,183,242 |
93,278 |
12,459 |
3,804,357 |
Winfred Parnell, M.D. |
4,214,222 |
73,859 |
898 |
3,804,357 |
Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers
The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2024, as set forth below:
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BROKER NON-VOTES |
4,189,574 |
97,653 |
1,752 |
3,804,357 |
Proposal 3: Approval of an Amendment to the Aspira Women’s Health Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan
The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized to be granted under the 2019 Plan by 1,000,000 shares and increase the maximum number of awards that may be granted as incentive stock options under the 2019 Plan to a total of 3,000,000 shares, as set forth below:
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BROKER NON-VOTES |
4,187,597 |
98,942 |
2,440 |
3,804,357 |
Proposal 4: Ratification of the Selection of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of BDO USA, LLP (n/k/a BDO P.C.) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, as set forth below:
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BROKER NON-VOTES |
7,992,912 |
88,066 |
12,358 |
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
104 |
Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
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ASPIRA WOMEN’S HEALTH INC. |
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Date: May 14, 2024 |
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/s/ Torsten Hombeck |
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Torsten Hombeck |
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Chief Financial Officer |