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Item 5.08. Shareholder Director Nominations.
On June 24, 2022, the Board of Directors of Blue Water Vaccines Inc. (the “Company”) approved the date of its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for August 22, 2022. The Company will provide additional details regarding the exact time, location and matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Annual Meeting.
The Company has set a deadline of July 11, 2022 for the receipt of stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials for the Annual Meeting, which date the Company has determined to be a reasonable time before it expects to begin to print and send its proxy materials for the Annual Meeting. In order to be considered timely, any such proposal must be received by the Company at its principal executive offices at 201 E. Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 95202, and addressed to the attention of the corporate secretary, no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on July 11, 2022. Any such proposal must also meet the requirements set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to be eligible for inclusion in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting.
In addition, in accordance with the By-Laws, stockholders who intended to submit a proposal regarding a director nomination at the Annual Meeting must be received by the Company at its principal executive offices at 201 E. Fifth Street, Suite 1900, Cincinnati, Ohio 95202, and addressed to the attention of the corporate secretary, no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on July 9th, 2022. Any such proposal must also meet the requirements set forth in the By-Laws.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Blue Water Vaccines Inc. | ||
| Date: June 30, 2022 | By: | /s/ Joseph Hernandez |
| Joseph Hernandez | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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