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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
We held our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders on February 8, 2022. At the meeting, stockholders elected the following seven members to our Board of Directors for a one-year term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2023 and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:
| Nominee | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
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Myron Holubiak |
35,111,419 | 800,373 | 43,816,154 | |||
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Leonard Mazur |
35,216,303 | 695,489 | 43,816,154 | |||
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Suren Dutia |
34,689,812 | 1,221,980 | 43,816,154 | |||
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Carol Webb |
30,944,723 | 4,967,069 | 43,816,154 | |||
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Dr. William Kane |
33,848,008 | 2,063,784 | 43,816,154 | |||
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Howard Safir |
28,998,175 | 6,913,617 | 43,816,154 | |||
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Dr. Eugene Holuka |
29,022,517 | 6,889,275 | 43,816,154 |
Next, at the meeting, our stockholders approved on a non-binding advisory basis our executive compensation. The vote for such approval was 25,231,305 shares for, 9,959,507 shares against, 720,980 shares abstaining, and 43,816,154 broker non-votes.
Also, at the meeting, our stockholders approved the recommendation, on an advisory basis, of a three-year frequency with which the Company should conduct future stockholder advisory votes on our executive compensation. The vote for such approval was 22,674,884 shares for 3 years, 784,352 shares for 2 years, 12,116,746 shares for 1 year, 335,810 shares abstaining and 43,816,154 broker non-votes.
Finally, at the meeting, our stockholders ratified the selection of Wolf & Company, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. The vote for such approval was 78,435,346 shares for, 388,270 shares against, 904,330 shares abstaining, and no broker non-votes.
SIGNATURE
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.
| CITIUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| Date: February 8, 2022 | /s/ Myron Holubiak | |
| Myron Holubiak | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer |