Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As described below under Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, onFebruary 28, 2023 ,European Biotech Acquisition Corp. (the "Company" or "EBAC") convened an extraordinary general meeting (the "Extraordinary General Meeting") to approve, among other things, the previously announced business combination of the Company andOculis SA (the "Business Combination"). Upon the conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting, each of (i) Mr.Martijn Kleijwegt , (ii) Mr.Mark Wegter , (iii) Mr.Volkert Doeksen and (iv) Mr.Onno van de Stolpe resigned as members of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"), effective upon the conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting. All such resignations were voluntary and not the result of any disagreement with the operations, policies or practices of the Company. Also upon the conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company appointed Mr.Riad Sherif and Mr.Anthony Rosenberg to serve as members of the Board, effective upon the conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting. In connection therewith, the Company appointed each ofMr. Sherif andMr. Rosenberg to serve as members of the audit committee of the Board.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Company at the Extraordinary General Meeting:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 1. Business Combination Proposal - A proposal to, as an ordinary resolution, authorize, approve and confirm in all respects that the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2022 (as it may be 10,076,817 936,889 0 amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time), by and betweenEuropean Biotech Acquisition Corp. andOculis SA , and the transactions contemplated thereby. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 2. Merger Proposal - A proposal to, as a special resolution, authorize, approve and confirm in all respects thatEuropean Biotech Acquisition Corp. be and is hereby authorized to enter into the Plan of Merger, and that the merger of Merger Sub 1 10,076,817 936,889 0 with and into EBAC, the separate entity existence of Merger Sub 1 will cease, and EBAC will be the surviving company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary ofOculis Holding AG . Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 3. Adjournment Proposal - A proposal to, as an ordinary resolution, adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates to the extent reasonable (i) to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the proxy statement/prospectus is provided to EBAC shareholders, (ii) in order to solicit additional proxies from EBAC shareholders in favor of the Business 10,076,817 936,889 0 Combination Proposal and the Merger Proposal or for any other reason in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or (iii) if EBAC shareholders redeem an amount of EBAC Class A Common Stock such that the Minimum EBAC Cash Condition would not be satisfied. Based upon the submission of proxies and ballots, a majority of the shares of EBAC ordinary shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the close of business on the record date were present at the Extraordinary General Meeting by proxy or by attendance via the virtual meeting website, which constituted a quorum. Proposal 1 was approved by the required vote. Proposal 2 was approved by the required vote. Proposal 3 was approved by the required vote. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Item 8.01. Other Events.
In connection with the shareholder vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting, EBAC's public shareholders had the right to elect to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares for a per share price calculated in accordance with EBAC's organizational documents. EBAC's public shareholders holding 11,505,684 Class A ordinary shares validly elected to redeem their public shares.
The Closing is expected to occur on or about
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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