Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.
For the period ended Jun 25, 2025. Filed Apr 28, 2025.
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Jun 25, 2025 · Filed Apr 28, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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Dear Stockholder:
I am pleased to invite you to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Aligos Therapeutics, Inc., which will be held online at www.proxydocs.com/ALGS, on June 25, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time. You must register to attend the meeting online at www.proxydocs.com/ALGS no later than June 24, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
The attached Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement contain details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting.
Whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting online, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the meeting. Therefore, I urge you to promptly vote and submit your proxy via the Internet, by phone or by mail. If you decide to attend the Annual Meeting online, you will be able to vote electronically or via phone using the control number on your proxy card, even if you have previously submitted your proxy.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express our appreciation for your interest in Aligos Therapeutics.
Sincerely,
/s/ LAWRENCE M. BLATT
Lawrence M. Blatt, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
One Corporate Drive, 2nd Floor
South San Francisco, California 94080
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 25, 2025
To the Stockholders of Aligos Therapeutics, Inc.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Aligos Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time. You will be able to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting online by registering at www.proxydocs.com/ALGS no later than June 24, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Once registered you will receive further instructions via email on how to listen to the meeting live, submit questions, and vote. The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:
| 1. | To elect three Class II directors to hold office until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected; |
| 2. | To ratify the appointment, by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, of Ernst & Young LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; |
| 3. | To approve an amendment to the Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “2020 Plan”), in substantially the form attached to the accompanying Proxy Statement as Appendix A (the “Plan Amendment”), to increase the number of shares reserved and scheduled to be reserved under the 2020 Plan by 1,000,000 shares (the “Plan Amendment Proposal”); |
| 4. | To approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Voting Common Stock Authorized Shares Amendment”) to increase the number of authorized shares of voting common stock from 20,000,000 shares to 100,000,000 shares (the “Voting Common Stock Authorized Shares Proposal”); |
| 5. | To approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Non-Voting Common Stock Authorized Shares Amendment”) to increase the number of authorized shares of non-voting common stock from 800,000 shares to 15,800,000 shares (the “Non-Voting Common Stock Authorized Shares Proposal”); and |
| 6. | To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. |
The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Only stockholders who owned common stock of the Company at the close of business on April 28, 2025 (the “Record Date”) can vote at this meeting or any adjournments that take place.
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the election of the director nominees named in Proposal No. 1 of the Proxy Statement, FOR the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, as the independent registered public accounting firm, as described in Proposal No. 2, FOR the Plan Amendment Proposal as described in Proposal No. 3, FOR the Voting Common Stock Authorized Shares Amendment as described in Proposal No. 4, and FOR the Non-Voting Common Stock Authorized Shares Amendment as described in Proposal No. 5.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING ONLINE, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY STATEMENT AND OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND SUBMIT YOUR PROXY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE USING ONE OF THE THREE CONVENIENT VOTING METHODS DESCRIBED IN THE “INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROXY PROCESS AND VOTING”
SECTION IN THE PROXY STATEMENT. IF YOU RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE SET OF PROXY MATERIALS OR NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY BECAUSE YOUR SHARES ARE REGISTERED IN DIFFERENT NAMES OR ADDRESSES, EACH PROXY SHOULD BE SIGNED AND SUBMITTED TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF YOUR SHARES WILL BE VOTED.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ LAWRENCE M. BLATT
Lawrence M. Blatt, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
South San Francisco, California
April 28, 2025
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