(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
001-38202
85-3608069
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of incorporation)
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File Number)
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1700 Flight Way
Tustin, California
92782
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(949) 774-7640
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Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share
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New York Stock Exchange
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 11, 2026, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Fourth Amended and Restated Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Fourth A&R Plan”), which was adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on April 14, 2026, and became effective on the date of Company stockholder approval.
Fourth A&R Plan
The Fourth A&R Plan amends and restates the Third Amended and Restated Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “Third A&R Plan”) and makes the following material changes to the Third A&R Plan:
(i)
Increases the number of shares available by 9,450,000 shares with an aggregate of 17,120,437 shares reserved for issuance under the Fourth A&R Plan;
(ii)
Increases the number of shares which may be granted as incentive stock options under the Fourth A&R Plan, such that an aggregate of 17,120,437 shares may be granted as incentive stock options under the Fourth A&R Plan; and
(iii)
Extends the right to grant awards through June 11, 2036; provided that incentive stock options (as defined under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) may not be granted under the Fourth A&R Plan after April 14, 2036.
The terms and conditions of the Fourth A&R Plan are described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 4: Approval of the Fourth Amended and Restated Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”).
The foregoing description of the Fourth A&R Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Fourth A&R Plan which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 11, 2026, the Company held its Annual Meeting. The holders of the Company’s common stock considered and voted on five proposals at the Annual Meeting and cast their votes on each such proposal, each of which was described in the Company’s Proxy Statement. The results were as follows:
Proposal 1 – Election of directors to hold office until the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2027 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
NAME OF DIRECTOR
FOR
WITHHELD
BROKER NON-VOTES
Raymond Mabus, Jr.
10,547,129
686,169
33,317,780
Michael Colglazier
10,435,294
798,004
33,317,780
Henio Arcangeli, Jr.
9,752,087
1,481,211
33,317,780
Allison Belzberg
10,469,742
763,557
33,317,779
Tina Jonas
10,529,459
703,840
33,317,779
Craig Kreeger
9,794,137
1,439,161
33,317,780
Wanda Sigur
10,553,397
679,902
33,317,779
Diana Strandberg
8,968,272
2,265,027
33,317,779
W. Gilbert West
10,391,933
841,365
33,317,780
Proposal 2 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
43,076,193
1,268,348
206,537
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Proposal 3 – Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
7,369,092
3,620,695
243,503
33,317,788
Proposal 4 – Approval of the Fourth Amended and Restated Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan.
FOR
AGAINST
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
9,270,078
1,757,066
206,149
33,317,785
Proposal 5 – An advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
ONE YEAR
TWO YEARS
THREE YEARS
ABSTAINED
BROKER NON-VOTES
10,161,566
382,155
461,090
228,478
33,317,789
Based upon the results set forth in Proposal 5 above, the Company currently intends to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers every year.
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.
VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: June 15, 2026
By:
/s/ Sarah Kim
Name:
Sarah Kim
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary