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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-20-068978
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200601
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200602
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200602

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Akero Therapeutics, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001744659
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38944
		FILM NUMBER:		20937517

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 HARBOR WAY
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080
		BUSINESS PHONE:		650-487-6488

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 HARBOR WAY
		CITY:			SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080
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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): June 1, 2020</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Akero Therapeutics, Inc. </B></P>

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in its charter) </B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>170 Harbor Way, 3<SUP>rd</SUP> Floor</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>South San Francisco, CA</B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 30%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>94080</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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including area code (650) 487-6488</B></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 43%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-top: 6pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name of each exchange on which registered</FONT></TD></TR>
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growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;&nbsp;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;&nbsp;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;5.07.&nbsp; Submission of Matters to a Vote of
Security Holders.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Akero Therapeutics,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;) on June 1, 2020. As of April 9, 2020, the record date
for the Annual Meeting, there were 28,671,222 outstanding shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock. The Company&rsquo;s stockholders
voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on April 27, 2020: (i)&nbsp;to elect three directors, Andrew Cheng,
M.D., Ph.D., Jane Henderson and Mark Iwicki, as Class I directors of the Company each to serve for a three-year term expiring at
the Company&rsquo;s annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, subject
to their earlier death, resignation or removal (&ldquo;Proposal 1&rdquo;) and (ii) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte &amp;
Touche LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 (&ldquo;Proposal
2&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 329.25pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
Company&rsquo;s stockholders approved the Class I director nominees recommended for election in Proposal 1 at the Annual Meeting.</FONT>
The Company&rsquo;s stockholders voted for Class I directors as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Class I Director Nominee</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Withheld</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 26%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Broker Non-Votes&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6,062,041</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2,730,694</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11,528,936</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jane Henderson</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,738,204</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3,054,531</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11,528,936</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mark Iwicki</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,095,165</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3,697,570</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11,528,936</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s stockholders approved
to ratify the appointment of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP in Proposal 2. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 36%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 31%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Against</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 27%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Abstain</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">20,270,808</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">47,703</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3,160</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">No other matters were submitted to or voted
on by the Company&rsquo;s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date: June 2, 2020</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2"> AKERO THERAPEUTICS, INC. </TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 44%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Andrew Cheng</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.</FONT></TD></TR>
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