Form 8-K SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC For: Jun 09
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 9, 2026
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212 )
672-9100
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following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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registered
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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).
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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SIGA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders on June 9, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”). As further described under
Item 5.07 below, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (“Plan Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”), to increase the aggregate number of shares of the Company’s
common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan by 6,500,000 shares.
A summary of the Plan Amendment is contained in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
on April 28, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”) and the Supplement to the Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on May 8, 2026 (the “Supplement”), in connection with the Annual Meeting under the heading “PROPOSAL 4: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND
RESTATED 2010 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AVAILABLE FOR ISSUANCE UNDER THE PLAN BY 6,500,000 SHARES” and are incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing summary is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2010 Plan and the Plan
Amendment, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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At the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Annual Meeting”) of the Company held on June 9, 2026, stockholders representing 62,436,105 shares
of common stock, or 87.05% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the April 17, 2026, record date, attended or were represented by proxy. The items listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders who attended or were represented by
proxy, and were entitled to vote at, the 2026 Annual Meeting. Final voting results are shown below.
At the 2026 Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (i) elected eight director nominees to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company and their successors are elected and qualified and until their earlier resignation or removal, (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, (iii) approved the non-binding advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (iv) approved an amendment to the 2010 Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan from 8,500,000 shares to 15,000,000 shares. Set forth below are the final voting results for the four proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders.
(1) Election of the following individuals to hold office as directors of the Company for terms of one year.
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Name
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For
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Withheld
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Jaymie A. Durnan
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45,259,891
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5,974,743
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Harold E. Ford, Jr
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50,828,584
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406,050
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General John M. Keane
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50,710,136
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524,498
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Joseph W. Marshall, III
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45,722,184
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5,512,450
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Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D.
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46,871,987
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4,362,647
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Julian Nemirovsky
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49,445,175
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1,789,459
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Diem Nguyen, Ph.D., MBA
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49,884,604
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1,350,030
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Holly L. Phillips, M.D.
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48,612,659
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2,621,975
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(2) Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2026.
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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62,040,317
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343,043
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52,745
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(3) Approval of the non-binding advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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48,744,042
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2,404,456
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86,136
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(4) Approval of an amendment to the 2010 Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan from
8,500,000 shares to 15,000,000 shares.
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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38,823,234
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12,390,841
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20,559
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With respect Proposals (1), (2) and (4) there were 11,201,471 broker “non votes.”
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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The following exhibits are included in this report:
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Exhibit
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Description
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SIGA Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan and its Amendment
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Daniel J. Luckshire
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Name: Daniel J. Luckshire
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Date: June 10, 2026
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