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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-22-001011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVXL"
cik: "0001314052"
company_name: "ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP."
filed_at: "2022-05-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:12:58.541968+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Anavex shareholders approve 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan and re-elect all six directors

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected with 29.3M-26.9M votes for; broker non-votes 22.8M each.
- Shareholders ratified Grant Thornton as auditor: 52.4M for, 452.9K against, 532.8K abstain.
- 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan approved: 19.2M for, 10.7M against, 687.5K abstain, 22.8M broker non-votes.
- Total 53.4M shares voted, representing 69% of outstanding common stock as of record date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-22-001011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVXL
- cik: 0001314052
- company_name: ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.
- filed_at: 2022-05-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314052/000173112222001011/0001731122-22-001011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314052/000173112222001011/e3801_8-k.htm

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