Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
As described under Item 5.07 of this report, onJune 17, 2021 , the stockholders of the Company voted at the 2021 Annual Meeting to approve amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance by 20,000,000 shares, bringing the total number of authorized shares of common stock to 170,000,000 shares (the "Authorized Shares Amendment"). OnJune 23, 2021 , following the 2021 Annual Meeting, the Company filed a certificate of amendment giving effect to the Authorized Shares Amendment with the Secretary of State of theState of Delaware . A copy of the certificate of amendment giving effect to the Authorized Shares Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.03.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnJune 17, 2021 , the Company held its 2021 Annual Meeting of stockholders at10:00 a.m. Eastern Time by means of an online virtual meeting platform. Stockholders representing 73,584,058 shares of the Company's common stock, or 75.66%, of the 97,253,892 shares entitled to vote, were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. At the 2021 Annual Meeting, the following three proposals were approved: (i) the election of eight directors to hold office until the 2021 annual meeting; (ii) an amendment to Fortress's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance by 20,000,000 shares from 150,000,000 shares to 170,000,000 shares; (iii) the ratification of the appointment ofBDO USA, LLP as Fortress's independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 . The three proposals are described in detail in Fortress's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2021 Annual Meeting filed with theSEC onApril 30 ,
2021. Proposal 1
The votes with respect to the election of eight directors to hold office until the 2022 annual meeting were as follows:
Votes % Voted Broker Director Votes For % Voted For Withheld Withheld Non-Votes Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. 52,412,097 97.84 % 1,157,875 2.16 % 20,014,086 Michael S. Weiss 50,141,156 93.60 % 3,428,816 6.40 % 20,014,086 Eric R. Rowinsky, M.D. 48,280,089 90.13 % 5,289,883 9.87 % 20,014,086 J. Jay Lobell 37,484,820 69.97 % 16,085,152 30.03 % 20,014,086 Jimmie Harvey, Jr., M.D. 52,828,230 98.62 % 741,742 1.38 % 20,014,086 Dov Klein, C.P.A. 49,443,326 92.30 % 4,126,646 7.70 % 20,014,086 Malcolm Hoenlein 45,697,154 85.30 % 7,872,818 14.70 % 20,014,086 Kevin L. Lorenz, J.D. 49,404,316 92.22 % 4,165,656 7.78 % 20,014,086 Proposal 2
The vote with respect to the approval of an amendment to Fortress's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance by 20,000,000 shares from 150,000,000 shares to 170,000,000 shares was as follows: Total Votes For Total Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 71,134,130 2,383,026 66,902 0 Proposal 3 The vote with respect to the ratification ofBDO USA, LLP as Fortress's independent registered accounting firm for the year endingDecember 31, 2021 was as follows: Total Votes For Total Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 73,231,828 327,603 24,627 0
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
Exhibit Number Description
3.1 Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation ofFortress Biotech, Inc.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and
contained in Exhibit 101)
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