UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 13, 2024
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 13, 2024, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company filed its definitive proxy statement for the proposals voted upon at the Annual Meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”).
At the close of business on April 15, 2024, the record date of the Annual Meeting, the Company had 37,776,665 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. The holders of a total of 31,978,938 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which total constituted a quorum of the issued and outstanding shares on the record date of the Annual Meeting.
The following proposals were submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:
1. The election of two nominees as Class I directors to serve until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders.
2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
The number of votes cast for and against or withheld and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter voted upon, as applicable, are set forth below:
1. Board of Directors Election Results
The following nominees were elected to serve as Class I directors for a term that will continue until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. The number of votes cast for and withheld and the number broker non-votes for each nominee were as follows:
| Director Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| Bhaskar Chaudhuri, Ph.D. | 21,766,101 | 2,941,857 | 7,270,980 | |||||||||||||||||
| William J. Link, Ph.D. | 20,817,032 | 3,890,926 | 7,270,980 | |||||||||||||||||
The following directors, in addition to Dr. Chaudhuri and Dr. Link, will continue to serve as members of our Board of Directors until the expiration of their respective terms or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified: Bobak Azamian, M.D., Ph.D., Rosemary Crane, MBA, Elizabeth Yeu-Lin, M.D., Andrew Goldberg, M.D., Scott Morrison, and Wendy Yarno, MBA.
2. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm
Our stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The number of votes cast for and against and the number of abstentions for this proposal were as follows (there were no broker non-votes for this proposal):
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstain | ||||||||||||
| 31,896,705 | 24,949 | 57,284 | ||||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TARSUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | June 18, 2024 | /s/ Bryan Wahl | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryan Wahl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||||||