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25-May-2012
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Submission of Matters to a Vote
On May 23, 2012, the stockholders of SIGA Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") approved an amendment (the "Amendment") to the SIGA Technologies, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Amendment increases the maximum number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Plan from 2,000,000 shares to 4,500,000 shares, and, solely with respect to such 2,500,000 additional shares, extends the term of the Plan until April 25, 2022. The Plan remains unmodified in all other material respects.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 23, 2012 (the "2012 Annual Meeting") in New York, New York. Stockholders representing 46,556,934 shares of common stock, or 90.2% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the March 30, 2012 record date were present in person or were represented at the meeting by proxy. The items listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the 2012 Annual Meeting. Final voting results are shown below.
(1) Election of the following individuals to hold office as directors of the Company for terms of one year.
Number of Shares Voted
Name For Withheld
Eric A. Rose, M.D. 25,346,679 1,907,692
James J. Antal 26,578,765 675,606
Michael J. Bayer 26,623,070 631,301
William C. Bevins 23,219,856 4,034,515
Thomas E. Constance 25,737,582 1,516,789
Joseph W. Marshall, III 23,199,152 4,055,219
Paul G. Savas 22,389,599 4,864,772
Bruce Slovin 22,408,388 4,845,983
Andrew Stern 25,174,312 2,080,059
Frances F. Townsend 26,827,900 426,471
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(2) Approval of the amendment to the Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Plan from 2,000,000 shares to 4,500,000 shares. Our stockholders approved the amendment to the Plan.
Number of Shares Voted
For Against Abstain
24,317,160 2,843,350 93,861
(3) Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. Our stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Number of Shares Voted
For Against Abstain
45,727,059 321,870 508,005
(d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 10.1 Amendment to the SIGA Technologies, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan |
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