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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 12, 2024, ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders. Of the 67,422,307 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 17, 2024, the record date for the meeting, 55,977,110 shares of common stock were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting 83.02% of the outstanding common stock entitled to vote. The matters voted upon at the meeting and the vote with respect to each such matter are set forth below:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
Election of two Class I directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. Each of the following nominees was elected to serve as a Class I director, to hold office until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or his or her earlier resignation or removal.
| Nominees |
For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Richard Heyman, Ph.D. |
36,581,862 | 11,942,627 | 7,452,621 | |||||||||
| Lori Kunkel, M.D. |
48,020,921 | 509,099 | 7,447,090 | |||||||||
Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified based on the following results of voting:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 55,632,738 | 6,150 | 338,222 | 0 |
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.
| ORIC PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: June 14, 2024 | By: | /s/ Christian V. Kuhlen, M.D. | ||||
| Christian V. Kuhlen, M.D. General Counsel | ||||||