---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-004095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XBIT"
cik: "0001626878"
company_name: "XBiotech Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:06:54.591323+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# XBiotech annual meeting elects five directors; auditor ratified

## Summary
- John Simard, Jan-Paul Waldin, W. Thorpe McKenzie, Donald MacAdam, and Peter Libby re-elected as directors.
- Auditor Whitley Penn LLP ratified for FY 2023 with 10,983,720 votes for, 51,402 against, 1,615 abstain.
- All director nominees received majority support; abstentions and broker non-votes noted.
- Meeting held June 23, 2023; all items voted in line with Board recommendations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-004095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XBIT
- cik: 0001626878
- company_name: XBiotech Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000117184323004095/0001171843-23-004095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000117184323004095/f8k_062323.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  XBiotech Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending 2023 at the 2023-06-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-23
  source text: Proposal #2 Ratification of the selection of Whitley Penn LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending 2023 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 10,983,720.00 51,402.00 1,615.00 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000117184323004095/0001171843-23-004095-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  XBiotech Inc. shareholders approved Election of five members of the Board of Directors at the 2023-06-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-23
  source text: The annual meeting of the stockholders of XBiotech Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 23, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626878/000117184323004095/0001171843-23-004095-index.htm

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