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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On October 13, 2022, atai Life Sciences N.V. (the “Company”) held its general meeting of shareholders (the “General Meeting”). As of September 15, 2022, the record date for the General Meeting, there were approximately 165,875,307 common shares outstanding. Each common share is entitled to one vote on any matter presented at the General Meeting as a voting item.
The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the General Meeting, all of which are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2022.
Proposal 1 – Adoption of Dutch statutory annual accounts for fiscal year 2021:
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 83,006,479 | 115,004 | 46,960 | — |
Proposal 2 – Release of each member of our board of supervisory directors and the Company’s board of managing directors from liability for the exercise of their duties:
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Abstain |
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| 79,906,860 | 2,020,477 | 1,241,106 | — |
Proposal 3 - Appointment of Stephen Bardin as Managing Director:
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Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 82,427,213 | 696,248 | 44,982 | — |
Based on the foregoing votes, the shareholders approved Proposals 1, 2 and 3.
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.
| ATAI LIFE SCIENCES N.V. | ||||||
| Date: October 14, 2022 | By: | /s/ Florian Brand | ||||
| Name: | Florian Brand | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||