Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2023 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on June 6, 2023. As of April 14, 2023, the
record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 24,850,842 shares of the
Company's common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
The Company's stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described
in detail in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2023: (i) to elect each of
Allison Dorval and Joshua Resnick, M.D. as a Class II member of the board of
directors, to serve until the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
until her or his successor is duly elected and qualified ("Proposal 1"), and
(ii) to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 ("Proposal
2").
Proposal 1 - Election of Class II Director Nominees
The Company's stockholders approved the Class II director nominees recommended
for election in Proposal 1 at the Annual Meeting. The results of Proposal 1 were
as follows:
Broker
Class II Director Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Non-Votes
Allison Dorval
18,685,353 366,333 2,132,996
Joshua Resnick, M.D. 18,169,764 881,922 2,132,996
Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of the Company's Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
The Company's stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2023. The results of Proposal 2 were as follows:
Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
21,184,481 0 201 0
No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company's stockholders at
the Annual Meeting.
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