Company: ACHV
Filing Date: 2025-06-06
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000950170-25-083214
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Company: ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-06-06
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.07
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. (the “ Company”) was held on June 4, 2025. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon and the certified voting results.

(1)

Election of seven directors to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting or until the directors’ successors are duly elected and qualified:

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  Stuart Duty          14,686,624        410,433      11,422,484  
  Bridget Martell      12,956,648      2,140,409      11,422,484  
  Thomas B. King       14,716,175        380,882      11,422,484  
  Thomas Sellig        13,038,445      2,058,612      11,422,484  
  Richard Stewart      14,727,815        369,242      11,422,484  
  Nancy R. Phelan      14,859,492        237,565      11,422,484  
  Kristen Slaoui       14,858,417        238,640      11,422,484  

Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the nominees listed above were elected as directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors.

(2)

Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025:

         For      Against                  Abstain      Broker     
                                                        Non-votes  
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  26,459,791                   53,879        5,871      —          

Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified.

(3)

Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2023 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder:

        For      Against                     Abstain          Broker  
                                                           Non-votes  
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  6,736,105                   7,982,