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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 9, 2022, Century Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of April 18, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 58,831,828 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. The Annual Meeting was conducted virtually, and the following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting, which are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2022.
(a) Proposal 1 - Election of Class I Directors. Each of Eli Casdin, Osvaldo Flores, Ph.D. and Carlo Rizzuto, Ph.D. were elected to the Board to serve as Class I directors until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed, or their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal, as follows:
| Name | For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Eli Casdin | 51,117,169 | 3,296,278 | 1,450,563 | |||||||||
| Osvaldo Flores, Ph.D. | 53,227,032 | 1,186,415 | 1,450,563 | |||||||||
| Carlo Rizzuto, Ph.D. | 53,208,059 | 1,205,388 | 1,450,563 | |||||||||
(b) Proposal 2 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountants. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2022 fiscal year was ratified, as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 55,523,112 | 340,683 | 215 | – | |||||||||||
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.
| CENTURY THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Osvaldo Flores, Ph.D. | |
| Name: | Osvaldo Flores, Ph.D. | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: June 10, 2022