UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of April 2019
Commission File Number: 001-38547
Autolus Therapeutics plc
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Forest House
58 Wood Lane
White City
London W12 7RZ
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive office)
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Autolus Announces Results of Annual General Meeting
On March 28, 2019, Autolus Therapeutics plc (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual General Meeting (the “Annual General Meeting”). At the Annual General Meeting, all six resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting sent to shareholders were duly proposed and passed.
Each of the following ordinary resolutions (requiring a simple majority) were duly proposed and approved on a poll:
| 1. | To receive and approve the Company’s annual accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2018 and the associated reports of the directors and auditors. |
| 2. | To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report. |
| 3. | To approve our Directors’ Remuneration Policy. |
| 4. | To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2020 and to authorise the directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration. |
| 5. | To re-elect Joseph Anderson, Ph.D. as a director. |
| 6. | To re-elect Martin Murphy, Ph.D. as a director. |
The results are in line with the recommendations made by the Company’s board of directors.
The full text of each resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting was set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting sent to shareholders on March 4, 2019. Such Notice of Annual General Meeting was furnished as an exhibit to a Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, March 15, 2019 and is also available for viewing on the Company’s website at www.autolus.com.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Autolus Therapeutics plc | ||||||
| Date: April 5, 2019 | By: | /s/ Christian Itin | ||||
| Name Christian Itin, Ph.D. | ||||||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||||