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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 14, 2022, Vor Biopharma Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 28,769,499 shares of common stock represented at the Annual Meeting by valid proxies or voted at the Annual Meeting, which was approximately 76.69% of the shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the two proposals set forth below. A more detailed description of each proposal is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2022.
Proposal 1 - Election of Three Class I Directors
Matthew Patterson, the chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), Daniella Beckman and Kush Parmar, M.D., Ph.D. were each elected to serve as a member of the Company’s Board until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected or qualified, or, if sooner, until the director’s death, resignation or removal, by the following votes:
| Nominee |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Matthew Patterson |
25,310,630 | 670,772 | 2,788,097 | |||
| Daniella Beckman |
25,076,686 | 904,716 | 2,788,097 | |||
| Kush M. Parmar, M.D., Ph.D. |
21,057,872 | 4,923,530 | 2,788,097 |
Proposal 2 - Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022, by the following votes:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Votes Abstain | ||
| 28,763,851 |
3,220 | 2,428 |
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.
| Vor Biopharma Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Ang | |
| Robert Ang | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: June 17, 2022