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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company”) was held virtually via the internet on January 10, 2023 to consider and vote on the proposals set forth below, each of which is described in greater detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2022. The following actions were taken at the Annual Meeting:
1. The seven nominees (listed below) for election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) were elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal, based upon the following votes:
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||
| Dr. Irit Arbel | 10,568,981 | 226,705 | N/A | N/A | 13,073,706 | |||||
| Dr. June S. Almenoff | 10,481,733 | 313,953 | N/A | N/A | 13,073,706 | |||||
| Dr. Anthony Polverino | 10,621,912 | 173,774 | N/A | N/A | 13,073,706 | |||||
| Dr. Jacob Frenkel | 10,637,258 | 158,428 | N/A | N/A | 13,073,706 | |||||
| Malcolm Taub | 10,516,216 | 279,470 | N/A | N/A | 13,073,706 | |||||
| Uri Yablonka | 10,597,289 | 198,397 | N/A | N/A | 13,073,706 | |||||
| Dr. Menghisteab Bairu | 10,652,336 | 143,350 | N/A | N/A | 13,073,706 |
2. The proposal to ratify the appointment of Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co., a Firm in the Deloitte Global Network, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s current fiscal year was approved, based upon the following votes:
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 23,320,844 | N/A | 482,449 | 66,099 | N/A |
SIGNATURES
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.
| BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||
| Date: January 11, 2023 | By: | /s/ Chaim Lebovits |
| Chaim Lebovits | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||