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): May 23, 2023

ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

630 5th Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY USA 10111
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

1-844-689-3939

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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

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

On May 23, 2023, Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 52,088,606 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately sixty-five percent (65%) of the outstanding Common Stock as of March 27, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, two (2) proposals were submitted for a vote of the Company’s stockholders and the related results are as follows:

Proposal No. 1: The election of Christopher Missling, PhD, Claus van der Velden, PhD, Athanasios Skarpelos, Jiong Ma, PhD, Steffen Thomas, PhD and Peter Donhauser, D.O. for terms until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders or until such directors’ successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The stockholders holding a majority of the Common Stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy elected the six (6) directors by the following votes:

Proposal No. 2: The stockholders holding a majority of the Common Stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy ratified Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm by the following votes:

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.