8-K: Current report
Published on June 20, 2025
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Item 5.03 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On June 18, 2025, VolitionRx Limited (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved a Certificate of Second Amendment (the “Amendment”) of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”), providing for an increase in authorized shares from one hundred seventy-five million (175,000,000) shares to three hundred twenty-five million (325,000,000) shares, consisting of three hundred twenty-five million (325,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Amendment had previously been approved by the Board of Directors on April 2, 2025, subject to the approval of the Company’s Stockholders. The Amendment became effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 18, 2025.
The Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibit 3.1.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting held at 3:30 p.m. British Summer Time on June 18, 2025 at 93-95 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 6JQ, United Kingdom, the Company’s stockholders voted on four proposals. The Company had 100,775,334 shares of common stock outstanding on April 25, 2025, the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 51,635,355 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.
The following sets forth the final voting results of the four proposals voted upon by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. These matters are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”).
Proposal 1: The stockholders elected eight members to the Board of Directors to hold office until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. The voting results are as follows:
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Dr. Phillip Barnes |
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35,018,471 |
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1,964,275 |
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14,652,609 |
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Dr. Alan Colman |
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35,024,256 |
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1,958,490 |
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14,652,609 |
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Mickie Henshall |
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35,363,392 |
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1,619,354 |
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14,652,609 |
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Guy Innes |
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34,317,785 |
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2,664,961 |
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14,652,609 |
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Kim Nguyen |
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34,646,196 |
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2,336,550 |
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14,652,609 |
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Cameron Reynolds |
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36,104,993 |
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877,753 |
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14,652,609 |
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Dr. Ethel Rubin |
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36,125,178 |
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857,568 |
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14,652,609 |
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Timothy Still |
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36,004,285 |
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978,461 |
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14,652,609 |
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Proposal 2: The stockholders ratified the selection of Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025. The voting results are as follows:
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51,261,805 |
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330,721 |
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42,829 |
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Proposal 3: The stockholders approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement. The voting results are as follows:
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34,417,170 |
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2,340,233 |
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225,343 |
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14,652,609 |
Proposal 4: The stockholders approved the Amendment of the Restated Certificate. The voting results are as follows:
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49,458,528 |
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1,791,694 |
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385,133 |
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No other matters were presented for consideration or stockholder action at the Annual Meeting.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Certificate of Second Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) document). |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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VOLITIONRX LIMITED
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Date: June 20, 2025 |
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/s/ Cameron Reynolds |
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Cameron Reynolds |
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Chief Executive Officer & President |
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EXHBIIT INDEX
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Certificate of Second Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. |
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104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) document). |
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