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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):

June 25, 2021

 

 

KEZAR LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-38542

47-3366145

(state or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

4000 Shoreline Court, Suite 300

South San Francisco, California

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

94080

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 822-5600

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

KZR

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b–2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b–2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 

 

 


 

 

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

On June 25, 2021, Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The final results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below. The proposals set forth below are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2021, as amended on June 2, 2021.

 

Proposal 1: The Company’s stockholders elected the three nominees of the Company’s board of directors to serve as Class III directors until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Nominee

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, Ph.D.

30,926,997

7,462,108

5,413,852

John Fowler

32,591,571

5,797,534

5,413,852

Christopher Kirk, Ph.D.

32,190,083

6,199,022

5,413,852

 

Proposal 2: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstain

43,785,599

3,358

14,000

 

 

 


 

 

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.

 

 

KEZAR LIFE SCIENCES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Marc L. Belsky

 

 

 

Marc L. Belsky

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

Dated:  June 30, 2021