UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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FibroGen, Inc.
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Item 5.07 |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders of FibroGen, Inc. held on June 4, 2020, the stockholders voted on the three proposals listed below. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2020 annual meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2020. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting were:
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All of the Class III nominees of the Board were elected to hold office until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. The nominees were: (i) Enrique Conterno: 64,500,620 shares of Common Stock voted for, 304,672 withheld, and 13,608,674 broker non-votes; (ii) Thomas F. Kearns Jr.: 64,030,687 shares of Common Stock voted for, 774,605 withheld, and 13,608,674 broker non-votes; (iii) Kalevi Kurkijärvi, Ph.D.: 61,246,647 shares of Common Stock voted for, 3,558,645 withheld, and 13,608,674 broker non-votes; and (iv) Gerald Lema: 64,436,296 shares of Common Stock voted for, 368,996 withheld, and 13,608,674 broker non-votes.
The term of office of Class I directors Jeffrey W. Henderson, Maykin Ho, Ph.D., and James A. Schoeneck continues until the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of Class II directors Suzanne Blaug, Jeffrey L. Edwards, Rory B. Riggs, and Roberto Pedro Rosenkranz, Ph.D., M.B.A., continues until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. |
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The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2020 definitive proxy statement: 63,860,909 shares of Common Stock voted for, 816,731 against, and 127,652 abstaining. |
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The stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2020: 77,824,199 shares of Common Stock voted for, 308,758 against, and 281,009 abstaining. |
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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FIBROGEN, INC. |
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Dated: June 9, 2020 |
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/s/ Michael Lowenstein |
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Michael Lowenstein |
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Chief Legal Officer |