Equillium Inc
For the period ended May 22, 2024. Filed Apr 11, 2024.
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May 22, 2024 · Filed Apr 11, 2024
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APPENDIX A
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EQUILLIUM, INC.
EQUILLIUM, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, herby certifies as follows:
FIRST: The name of this corporation is Equillium, Inc. (the “Company”).
SECOND: The date on which the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation was originally filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware is March 16, 2017. The Company was originally incorporated under the name Attenuate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
THIRD: The Board of Directors of the Company, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, adopted resolutions amending its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as heretofore amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), as follows:1
Effective as of the effective time of 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the business day following the filing of this Certificate of Amendment with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”), each [, two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10)] shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the Company or the respective holders thereof, be combined into one (1) share of Common Stock without increasing or decreasing the par value of each share of Common Stock (the “Reverse Split”);provided, however, no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued as a result of the Reverse Split and, in lieu thereof, upon receipt after the Effective Time by the exchange agent selected by the Company of a properly completed and duly executed transmittal letter and, where shares are held in certificated form, the surrender of the stock certificate(s) formerly representing shares ofpre-Reverse Split Common Stock, any stockholder who would otherwise be entitled to a fractional share of post-Reverse Split Common Stock as a result of the Reverse Split, following the Effective Time (after taking into account all fractional shares of post-Reverse Split Common Stock otherwise issuable to such stockholder), shall be entitled to receive a cash payment (without interest) equal to the fractional share of post-Reverse Split Common Stock to which such stockholder would otherwise be entitled multiplied by the average of the closing sales prices of a share of the Company’s Common Stock (as adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Split) on The Nasdaq Capital Market during regular trading hours for the five (5) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date this Certificate of Amendment is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares ofpre-Reverse Split Common Stock shall, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without any action on the part of the Company or the respective holders thereof, represent that number of whole shares of post-Reverse Split Common Stock into which the shares ofpre-Reverse Split Common Stock represented by such certificate shall have been combined (as well as the right to receive** cash in lieu of any fractional shares of post-Reverse Split Common Stock as set forth above); provided, however, that each holder of record of a certificate that represented shares ofpre-Reverse Split Common Stock shall receive, upon surrender of such certificate, a new certificate representing the number of whole shares of post-Reverse Split Common Stock into which the shares ofpre-Reverse Split Common Stock represented by such certificate shall have been combined pursuant to the Reverse Split, as well as **any cash in lieu of fractional shares of post-Reverse Split Common Stock to which such holder may be entitled as set forth above. The Reverse Split shall be effected on a record holder-by-record holder basis, such that any fractional shares of post-Reverse Split Common Stock resulting from the Reverse Split and held by a single record holder shall be aggregated.
| 1 | These amendments approve the combination of any whole number of shares of Equillium’s common stock between and including two (2) and ten (10) into one (1) share of Equillium’s common stock. By these amendments, the stockholders would approve each of the alternate amendments proposed by Equillium’s Board of Directors. If the reverse stock split proposal is approved by stockholders, the Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware will include only that reverse stock split ratio determined by Equillium’ s Board of Directors to be in the best interests of Equillium and its stockholders. The other amendments will be abandoned pursuant to Section 242(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Equillium’s Board of Directors may also elect not to effect any reverse stock split, in which case all proposed alternate amendments will be abandoned. |
FOURTH: The foregoing amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Company for their approval, and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and shall be effective as of 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the business day following the filing of this Certificate of Amendment with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EQUILLIUM, INC. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer this day of , 2024.
EQUILLIUM, INC.
By:
Bruce D. Steel
Chief Executive Officer
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| Equillium, Inc. | Internet: |
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| Annual Meeting of Stockholders | www.proxypush.com/EQ |
| · Cast your vote online | |
| · Have your Proxy Card ready | |
| · Follow the simple instructions to record your vote | |
| For Stockholders of record as of April 1, 2024 | Phone: |
| Wednesday, May 22, 2024 1:00 PM, Pacific Time | 1-855-680-7102 |
| Annual Meeting to be held live via the Internet - please visit www.proxydocs.com/EQ for more details. | · Use any touch-tone telephone · Have your Proxy Card ready · Follow the simple recorded instructions |
| Mail: | |
| · Mark, sign and date your Proxy Card | |
| · Fold and return your Proxy Card in the postage-paid envelope provided | |
| YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! | |
| PLEASE VOTE BY: 1:00 PM, Pacific Time, May 22, 2024. | Virtual: |
| You must register to attend the meeting online and/or participate at www.proxydocs.com/EQ. | |
This proxy is being solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors
The undersigned hereby appoints Bruce D. Steel and Jason A. Keyes (the “Named Proxies”), and each or either of them, as the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and revocation, and authorizes them, and each of them, to vote all the shares of capital stock of Equillium, Inc. which the undersigned is entitled to vote at said meeting and any adjournment thereof upon the matters specified and upon such other matters as may be properly brought before the meeting or any adjournment thereof, conferring authority upon such true and lawful attorneys to vote in their discretion on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting and revoking any proxy heretofore given.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED OR, IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, SHARES WILL BE VOTED IDENTICAL TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDATION. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. In their discretion, the Named Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
You are encouraged to specify your choice by marking the appropriate box (SEE REVERSE SIDE) but you need not mark any box if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendation. The Named Proxies cannot vote your shares unless you sign (on the reverse side) and return this card.
PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY CARD AND MARK ON THE REVERSE SIDE
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Equillium, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Please make your marks like this:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE:
FOR all the nominees for director listed below,FOR Proposals 2, 3 and 4, and3-YEARS for Proposal 5.
| PROPOSAL | YOUR VOTE | BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS | ||||
| 1. | Election of the three nominees for Class III director named herein to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her respective earlier death, resignation or removal. | |||||
| FOR | WITHHOLD | |||||
| 1.01 Daniel M. Bradbury | ☐ | ☐ | FOR | |||
| 1.02 Martha J. Demski | ☐ | ☐ | FOR | |||
| 1.03 Mark Pruzanski, M.D. | ☐ | ☐ | FOR | |||
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | ||||
| 2. | To approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock at a ratio in the range of 1-for-2 to 1-for-10, inclusive, with such ratio to be determined in the discretion of our Board of Directors and with such reverse stock split to be effected at such time and date, if at all, as determined by our Board of Directors in its sole discretion. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | FOR | |
| 3. | To ratify, in a non-binding vote, the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | FOR | |
| 4. | To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | FOR | |
| 1YR | 2YR | 3YR | ABSTAIN | |||
| 5. | To indicate, on an advisory basis, the preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | 3 YEARS |
| NOTE: To conduct any other business properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any continuation, postponement or adjournment thereof. | ||||||
You must register to attend the meeting online and/or participate at www.proxydocs.com/EQ. Authorized Signatures - Must be completed for your instructions to be executed.
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