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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 8, 2021 (the “2021 Annual Meeting”), a total of 28,293,742 shares were represented by conference call participation or by proxy, which represented a quorum. At the 2021 Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on (1) the election of two Class II directors for terms to expire at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, (2) approval, on a non-binding basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2020, and (3) the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The voting results on these proposals were as follows:
Proposal 1. Elect two Class II directors for terms to expire at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.
| Nominee | Votes For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| James A. Geraghty | 15,849,257 | 1,307,675 | 11,136,810 | |||||||||
| Maxine Gowen, Ph.D | 16,888,682 | 268,250 | 11,136,810 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. Approve, by non-binding vote, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2020.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 16,462,462 | 593,632 | 100,838 | 11,136,810 | |||||||||||
Proposal 3. Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 28,017,851 | 149,587 | 126,304 | 0 | |||||||||||
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.
| IDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Bryant D. Lim | |
| Bryant D. Lim | ||
| Senior V.P., General Counsel | ||
Dated: June 10, 2021