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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(e) On May 29, 2024, Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”). As further described in Item 5.07 below, the stockholders of the Company approved the adoption of the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) at the 2024 Annual Meeting. The Company’s Board of Directors had previously approved the Plan, subject to stockholder approval.
A description of the material terms of the Plan are contained in the section entitled “Proposal 3: Approval of the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan” of the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”). That description is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference. Such description, as well as the foregoing description in this Item 5.02, do not purport to be complete, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
| (a) | The Company held its 2024 Annual Meeting on May 29, 2024. |
| (b) | The election of three nominees to serve as Class II directors on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was carried out at the 2024 Annual Meeting. The following three Class II directors were elected by the votes indicated: |
| For | Withheld | Broker Non- Votes |
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| Julian C. Baker |
125,520,719 | 15,262,794 | 10,293,742 | |||||||||
| Stephen R. Biggar, M.D., Ph.D. |
128,641,034 | 12,142,479 | 10,293,742 | |||||||||
| Daniel B. Soland |
124,834,854 | 15,948,659 | 10,293,742 | |||||||||
In addition to the election of three Class II directors, the following matters were submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting:
| (i) | the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, which was approved by the following vote: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 132,994,018 |
7,639,777 | 149,718 | 10,293,742 |
| (ii) | the approval of the Plan, which was approved by the following vote: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 131,315,367 |
9,393,895 | 74,251 | 10,293,742 |
| (iii) | the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, which was ratified by the following vote: |
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 150,018,775 |
988,631 | 69,849 |
Each of the foregoing voting results from the 2024 Annual Meeting is final.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Registration Statement No. 333-279784). | |
| 104 | Cover page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ||||
| Date: May 29, 2024 | By: | /s/ Jennifer J. Rhodes | ||
| Jennifer J. Rhodes Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary | ||||