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):  May 17, 2016
 
 
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
0-23047
13-3864870
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

660 Madison Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
10065
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 672-9100

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 17, 2016 (the “2016 Annual Meeting”) in New York, New York.  Stockholders representing 48,289,147 shares of common stock, or 89.24% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the March 31, 2016 record date, were present in person or were represented at the meeting by proxy.  The items listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the 2016 Annual Meeting.  Final voting results are shown below.
 
(1) Election of the following individuals to hold office as directors of the Company for terms of one year.

Number of Shares Voted
 
Name
For
 
Withheld
Eric A. Rose, M.D.
27,976,021
1,959,081
     
James J. Antal
28,367,297
1,567,804
     
Michael J. Bayer
28,445,361
1,489,740
     
Thomas E. Constance
28,366,532
1,568,569
     
Jeffrey B. Kindler
28,503,947
1,431,154
     
Joseph W. Marshall, III
28,095,002
1,840,099
     
Paul G. Savas
27,713,986
2,221,115
     
Bruce Slovin
28,069,862
1,865,239
     
Andrew Stern
28,440,372
1,494,729
 
With respect to each director nominee, there were 18,354,046 Broker Non Votes.

(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, 2016. Our stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Number of Shares Voted
 
For
Against
Abstain
47,568,900
582,207
138,040
 
SIGNATURE

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.
 
 
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  
     
 
By:
 /s/ Daniel J. Luckshire  
 
Name:
Daniel J. Luckshire
  
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
  
       
Date:  May 20, 2016