UNITED STATES
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FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
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Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K (“Amendment No. 1”) is being filed pursuant to Item 5.07(d) of Form 8-K to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2020 (the “Original 8-K”). The Original Form 8-K reported, among other things, the final voting results of the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 15, 2020 (the “Annual Meeting”). This Amendment No. 1 updates the Original 8-K to disclose the Company’s decision as to how frequently the Company will include a stockholder vote on the compensation of executives in its proxy materials until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executives. No other changes have been made to the Original 8-K.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting the Company’s stockholders indicated, on an advisory basis, the preferred frequency of future stockholder votes regarding compensation awarded to the Company’s named executive officers, as follows: 667,761 votes for one year; 34,527 votes for two years; 451,326 votes for three years; 23,656 abstentions; and 2,471,501 broker non-votes. In light of this result, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined to hold future advisory votes on executive compensation every year. Under Section 14a-21(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company will hold the next advisory vote on the frequency of such stockholder votes no later than its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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.
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dated: September 16, 2020 | By: | /s/ Richard A. Fair | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard A. Fair | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||