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 5, 2023

 

89bio, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-39122		36-4946844
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

142 Sansome Street, Second Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(415) 432-9270

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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 $0.001 per share		ETNB		The Nasdaq Global 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.  ☐

 

 

 

On Monday, June 5, 2023, 89bio, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. As of the close of business on April 6, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 72,867,705 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 and to increase the total number of authorized shares from 110,000,000 to 210,000,000 (the “Amendment”).

On June 8, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the Amendment, which became effective immediately upon such filing.

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, each of the Company’s director nominees was elected and the other proposals voted on were approved. The final voting results are set forth below:

 

				Votes For				Votes Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 1. Election of Class I Directors
●   Rohan Palekar					56,557,195				93,635				6,557,271
●   Edward Morrow Atkinson III, Ph.D.					44,831,472				11,819,358				6,557,271
●   Gregory Grunberg, M.D.					44,801,040				11,849,790				6,557,271

 

		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 2. Approval of an Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation			63,041,980				130,936				35,185				0

 

		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Proposal 3. Ratification of KPMG LLP as Independent Auditor			63,185,388				17,074				5,639				0

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of 89bio, Inc.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

 

				89bio, Inc.
Date: June 9, 2023				By:		/s/ Rohan Palekar
						Rohan Palekar
						Chief Executive Officer