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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of NexImmune, Inc. (the “Company”) was held virtually on May 17, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Of the Company’s 26,078,451 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of March 22, 2023, a quorum of 17,249,834 shares, or approximately 66.14% of the eligible shares, was present in person or represented by proxy. Each of the matters set forth below is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2023. The following actions were taken at the Annual Meeting:
Proposal 1
Election of the following nominees as directors of the Company, each to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||||
| Alan S. Roemer, M.B.A., M.P.H. |
8,447,071 | 235,502 | 8,567,261 | |||||||||
| Tim Bertram, Ph.D. |
6,276,749 | 2,405,824 | 8,567,261 | |||||||||
| Grant Verstandig |
6,622,154 | 2,060,419 | 8,567,261 | |||||||||
Proposal 2
Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Vote | |||
| 17,145,343 | 49,649 | 54,842 | — |
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.
| NEXIMMUNE, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ John Trainer | |
| John Trainer | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: May 18, 2023
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