kura-8k_20190625.htm

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2019

 

KURA ONCOLOGY, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-37620

61-1547851

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

3033 Science Park Road, Suite 220, San Diego, CA

 

92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (858) 500-8800

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

KURA

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 

 


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

On June 25, 2019, Kura Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the close of business on April 26, 2019, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 38,184,547 shares of common stock outstanding, of which 29,155,724 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The final voting results were as follows:

 

The Proposal Regarding the Election of Directors

The Company’s stockholders elected the two persons listed below as Class II directors, each to hold office for three-year terms until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The final voting results were as follows:

Name of Director Elected

 

For

 

 

Withheld

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Robert E. Hoffman

 

 

18,970,622

 

 

 

7,510,975

 

 

 

2,674,127

 

Thomas Malley

 

 

20,760,577

 

 

 

5,721,020

 

 

 

2,674,127

 

The Proposal to Ratify the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP by the Audit Committee of the Board as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The final voting results were as follows:

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

26,630,742

 

 

 

75,309

 

 

 

2,449,673

 

 

 

 

 


 


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

KURA ONCOLOGY, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 27, 2019

 

By:

/s/ Marc Grasso, M.D.

 

 

 

Marc Grasso, M.D.

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer