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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on June 6, 2024, the stockholders of Applied Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) voted on the matters described below.
| 1. | The Company’s stockholders elected two Class II directors, who comprise all the directors of such class, to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his/her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his/her earlier death, resignation or removal. The numbers of shares that voted for the election of such directors, withheld authority to vote for such directors and represented broker non-votes with respect to this proposal are summarized in the table below. |
| Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Joel S. Marcus | 47,207,119 | 23,386,603 | 13,782,661 | ||||
| Jay S. Skyler, M.D., MACP | 49,285,765 | 21,307,957 | 13,782,661 | ||||
| 2. | The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The numbers of shares that voted for, against and abstained from voting for or against the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP are summarized in the table below. |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||
| 84,296,081 | 35,814 | 44,488 |
| 3. | The Company’s stockholders voted to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value, $0.001 per share, authorized for issuance from 200,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares. The number of shares that voted for, against and abstained from voting for or against such amendment are summarized in the table below. |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||
| 82,852,261 | 1,462,544 | 61,578 |
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.
| APPLIED THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| Dated: June 6, 2024 | By: | /s/ Shoshana Shendelman |
| Name: | Shoshana Shendelman | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |