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): August 7, 2018

 

Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-13341

94-3171940

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 505, South San Francisco, CA

94080

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 650-244-4990

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On August 7, 2018, Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to consider and vote upon the following proposals: (1) to elect eight directors, each to serve until our next annual meeting and until their respective successors are elected and qualified, (2) to amend the Company’s 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized for awards thereunder from 2,500,000 to 3,500,000 and (3) to ratify the appointment of OUM & Co. LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

 

1. Election of Directors

 

Stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director for one-year terms expiring on the next annual meeting of stockholders. The voting results were as follows:

 

    FOR   WITHHELD   BROKER NON-VOTE
Marc Rubin, M.D.   3,369,323   1,644,718   13,703,179
Sunil Bhonsle   3,388,684   1,625,357   13,703,179
Joseph A. Akers   3,185,553   1,828,488   13,703,179
Rajinder Kumar, Ph.D.   3,719,875   1,294,166   13,703,179
M. David MacFarlane, Ph.D.   3,172,341   1,841,700   13,703,179
James R. McNab, Jr.   3,861,475   1,152,566   13,703,179
Federico Seghi Recli   3,695,028   1,319,013   13,703,179
Scott A. Smith   3,200,881   1,813,160   13,703,179

 

2. Stockholders approved the amendment to the 2015 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. The voting results were as follows:

 

FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   BROKER NON-VOTE
3,317,885   1,629,326   66,830   13,703,179

 

3. Ratification of Auditors

 

Stockholders ratified the appointment of OUM & Co. LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The voting results were as follows:

 

FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN
16,022,982   932,056   1,762,182

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: August 8, 2018 TITAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/ Sunil Bhonsle
    Name: Sunil Bhonsle
    Title: Chief Executive Officer and President