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 24, 2022

Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

9920 Pacific Heights Blvd, Suite 350, San Diego, California 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 704-4660

N/A

(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

The 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 24, 2022. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected the Class I director nominees of the Company, ratified the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 and approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (together, the “Proposals”). Each Proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2022. As of March 31, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, 77,373,712 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued and outstanding. The final votes on the Proposals presented at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1. Election of Class I Director Nominees

Matthew W. Foehr and Charles A. Rowland, Jr. were each elected as Class I directors at the Annual Meeting to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until his respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 2. Ratification of the Selection of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The final voting results were as follows:

Proposal 3. Advisory Vote on Approval of the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The final voting results were as follows:

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.