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

On July 22, 2021, Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") in a virtual-only format via live webcast. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on June 9, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Proxy Statement"). As of June 7, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting, the number of shares of the Company's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 47,371,482. The number of shares of Common Stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 33,963,382 thus establishing a quorum for the Annual Meeting. Each share of Common Stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company's Proxy Statement: (i) to elect two Class I director nominees, Caley Castelein, M.D. and Cheryl Cohen, to serve on the Company's board of directors (the "Board"), to hold office until the Company's 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors been duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier resignation or removal ("Proposal 1") and (ii) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 ("Proposal 2"). The voting results reported below are final.

Proposal 1

Caley Castelein, M.D. and Cheryl Cohen were duly elected to the Company Board as Class I directors. The results of the election were as follows:





      Class I Director Nominee       For           Withhold        Broker Non-Votes
      Caley Castelein, M.D.        20,859,073       3,908,603              9,195,706
      Cheryl Cohen                 20,886,608       3,881,068              9,195,706


Proposal 2

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:





                   For        Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes
                33,161,694     770,446       31,242                     0

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 26, 2021, the Company's merger partner, Aadi Bioscience, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Aadi"), issued a press release titled "Aadi Bioscience Announces FDA Acceptance and Priority Review for the New Drug Application of FYARRO™ for the Treatment of Advanced Malignant PEComa." A copy of the press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K,is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore, the information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits



(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
  No.       Description

99.1          Press release issued by Aadi Bioscience, Inc., on July 26, 2021
            furnished herewith.

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