8-K
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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 8, 2022

 

Nkarta, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-39370

47-4515206

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

6000 Shoreline Court, Suite 102

South San Francisco, CA

 

94080

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (415) 582-4923

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:

 

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(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

NKTX

 

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(Nasdaq Global Select Market)

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.

 

The 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Nkarta, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 8, 2022. Results of the voting at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

 

Election of Directors. The stockholders elected the following three Class II directors to serve until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:

 

 

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Michael Dybbs, Ph.D.

27,209,832

770,122

1,948,226

Simeon George, MD, MBA

26,891,767

1,088,187

1,948,226

Leonne Patterson, MBA

27,240,830

739,124

1,948,226

 

 

Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP. The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022. The voting results were as follows:

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

29,828,606

98,705

869

 

 


 

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.

 

 

 

Nkarta, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 10, 2022

 

By:

/s/ Alicia Hager

 

 

 

Alicia J. Hager, J.D., Ph.D.

 

 

 

Chief Legal Officer