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): June 21, 2022

AEROVATE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc.

930 Winter Street, Suite M-500, Massachusetts 02451

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(617) 443-2400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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:

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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

Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 21, 2022. As of April 22, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 24,410,393 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2022: (i) to elect each of Timothy P. Noyes and Mark Iwicki as a Class I member of the board of directors, to serve until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 1”), and (ii) to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (“Proposal 2”).

Proposal 1 - Election of Class I Director Nominees

The Company’s stockholders approved the Class I director nominees recommended for election in Proposal 1 at the Annual Meeting. The results of Proposal 1 were as follows:

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The results of Proposal 2 were as follows:

No other matters were submitted to or voted on by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

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.