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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 28, 2026, Equillium, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 1, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), 63,226,556 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A summary of the matters voted upon by stockholders at the Annual Meeting is set forth below.
A total of 54,287,329 shares of the Company’s common stock were present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy, which represents approximately 85.86% of the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of the Record Date.
Proposal 1. Election of directors.
The Company’s stockholders elected the two persons listed below as Class II directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Former director Peter Colabuono was not renominated as a director and his term ended at the Annual Meeting. In connection with the expiration of Mr. Colabuono’s term, the Company reduced the size of the Board of Directors from seven directors to six directors. The final voting results are as follows:
| Name | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non- Votes | |||
| Charles McDermott |
36,072,238 | 10,018,889 | 8,196,202 | |||
| Bruce Steel |
45,955,052 | 136,075 | 8,196,202 |
Proposal 2. Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split.
The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio in the range of 1-for-2 to 1-for-20, inclusive, with such ratio to be determined in the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and with such reverse stock split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in its sole discretion. The final voting results are as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 52,697,618 | 1,559,976 | 29,735 | 0 |
Proposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm.
The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The final voting results are as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 54,274,675 | 5,234 | 7,420 | 0 |
Proposal 4. Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
The Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of common stock from 200,000,000 to 400,000,000 shares. The final voting results are as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 42,687,545 | 11,570,307 | 29,477 | 0 |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated May 28, 2026. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| EQUILLIUM, INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 29, 2026 | By: | /s/ Bruce D. Steel | ||||
| Bruce D. Steel | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||