UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): April 30, 2024
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. | ||||
On April 30, 2024, Biohaven Ltd. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
Set forth below are the results of the matters submitted for a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting.
Proposal No. 1: Election of directors for a term expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstained | |||||||||
| Proposal No. 1(a): Julia P. Gregory | 60,724,030 | 412,143 | 135,964 | ||||||||
| Proposal No. 1(b): John W. Childs | 60,799,707 | 313,902 | 158,528 | ||||||||
| Proposal No. 1(c): Gregory H. Bailey, M.D. | 46,277,398 | 14,858,298 | 136,441 | ||||||||
Broker Non-Votes: 8,210,084
All three nominees were elected.
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstained | |||||||||
Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP | 69,043,113 | 154,493 | 284,615 | ||||||||
Broker Non-Votes: 0
Proposal No. 2 was approved.
Proposal No. 3: To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of the named executive officer compensation advisory vote. The votes were cast as follows:
| “1 Year” | “2 Years” | “3 Years” | Abstained | ||||||||
| 60,824,258 | 25,138 | 79,614 | 343,127 | ||||||||
Broker Non-Votes: 0
A frequency of “1 year” was approved.
As discussed above, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, “1 year” as the frequency for holding future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. In light of such recommendation, at its meeting held on April 30, 2024 following the Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors decided that the Company will hold advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.
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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.
Date: May 1, 2024
| Biohaven Ltd. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Matthew Buten | ||||
| Matthew Buten | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||
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