UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 26, 2024

CANDEL THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	001-40629	52-2214851
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
117 Kendrick St., Suite 450 Needham, MA		02494
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617) 916-5445

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share		CADL		The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Candel Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 26, 2024. As of May 15, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 29,756,005 outstanding shares of the Company’s voting common stock. 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 May 30, 2024: (i) to elect three directors, Nicoletta Loggia, Ph.D., R.Ph., Christopher Martell, and Diem Nguyen, Ph.D., M.B.A., as Class III directors of the Company to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successor has been duly elected and qualified, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal (“Proposal 1”) and (ii) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 (“Proposal 2”).

The Company’s stockholders elected each of the Class III director nominees, Nicoletta Loggia, Ph.D., R.Ph., Christopher Martell, and Diem Nguyen, Ph.D., M.B.A., recommended for election at the Annual Meeting in Proposal 1. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

		For				Against				Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Nicoletta Loggia, Ph.D., R.Ph.			7,181,872				150,389			-			7,427,258
Christopher Martell			6,994,015				338,246			-			7,427,258
Diem Nguyen, Ph.D., M.B.A.			7,020,058				312,203			-			7,427,258

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, recommended for ratification in Proposal 2 at the Annual Meeting. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

For				Against				Abstain
	14,617,652				98,945				42,922

 

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

		Candel Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: June 28, 2024		By:	/s/ Paul Peter Tak
			Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., FMedSci
			President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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