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<P id=PARA14 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 21, 2016</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA17 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA33 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Charlottesville, Virginia</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA57 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 5.07 &#8211; Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA59 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;) of Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) was held on July 21, 2016. A quorum was present at the Annual Meeting. Matters submitted to the stockholders and voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company&#8217;s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2016 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;), were: (1) to elect five persons to serve as directors until the Company&#8217;s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified; (2) to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2016; (3) to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2015, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement; (4) to approve an amendment to the Company&#8217;s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than 1-to-2 and not greater than 1-to-20, with the exact ratio and effective time of the reverse stock split to be determined by the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors, if at all; (5) to approve an amendment to the Company&#8217;s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock available for issuance thereunder by (i) 2,500,000 shares immediately and (ii) 4.0% of the total shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock outstanding as of December 31 on each subsequent January 1 through the term of the plan; (6) to approve an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal No.&nbsp;4.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"> At the Annual Meeting, the Company&#8217;s stockholders approved the six proposals, and the final results were as follows:</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA70 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Broker&nbsp;Non-Votes</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA72 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">David G. Kalergis</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA74 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">68,029,515</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA75 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">54,600</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA76 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,836,525</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA78 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">John L. Gainer, Ph.D.</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA80 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">68,009,515</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA81 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">74,600</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA84 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Robert Adams</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA86 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">67,706,908</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 15%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA87 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">377,207</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA88 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,836,525</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 42%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA90 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Mark T. Giles</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA92 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">68,021,922</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 15%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA93 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">62,193</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA94 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,836,525</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 42%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA96 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Alan Levin</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA98 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">68,029,515</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 15%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA99 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">54,600</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA100 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,836,525</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA103 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA104 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TR>
<TD style="WIDTH: 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA107 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(2)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA108 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2016:</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA109 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE id=TBL116  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; WIDTH: 55%; MARGIN-LEFT: 22.5%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 22.5%; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>

<TR>
<TD style="WIDTH: 33%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">
<P id=PARA110 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">For</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA111 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Against</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA112 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Abstain</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 33%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA113 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">69,864,997</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 32%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA114 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">26,512</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 33%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA115 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">29,131</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA117 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA118 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE id=MTAB120  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>

<TR>
<TD style="WIDTH: 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA121 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(3)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA122 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2015, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement:</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA123 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE id=TBL132  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; WIDTH: 90%; MARGIN-LEFT: 5%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5%; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>

<TR>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">
<P id=PARA124 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">For</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA125 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Against</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA126 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Abstain</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA127 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Broker&nbsp;Non-Votes</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA128 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">67,957,053</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA129 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">105,365</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA130 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">21,697</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 37%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA131 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,836,525</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA133 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA134 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE id=MTAB136  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>

<TR>
<TD style="WIDTH: 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA137 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(4)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA138 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Approval of an amendment to the Company&#8217;s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than 1-to-2 and not greater than 1-to-20, with the exact ratio and effective time of the reverse stock split to be determined by the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors, if at all:</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA139 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE id=TBL146  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; WIDTH: 50%; MARGIN-LEFT: 25%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 25%; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>

<TR>
<TD style="WIDTH: 33%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">
<P id=PARA140 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">For</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA141 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Against</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA142 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Abstain</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 33%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA143 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">66,540,254</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 32%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA144 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">3,371,633</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 33%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA145 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">8,753</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA147 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<DIV id=PGBK239  style="WIDTH: 100%; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
<DIV id=PGFTR239  style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV id=PGNUM239  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;</DIV>
<HR style="HEIGHT: 2px; WIDTH: 100%; PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always; COLOR: #000000" noShade>

<DIV id=PGHDR239  style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>
<P id=PARA239.2 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA151 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(5)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA152 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Approval of an amendment to the Company&#8217;s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock available for issuance thereunder by (i) 2,500,000 shares immediately and (ii) 4.0% of the total shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock outstanding as of December 31 on each subsequent January 1 through the term of the plan:</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA153 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<TABLE id=TBL162  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; WIDTH: 90%; MARGIN-LEFT: 5%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5%; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0>

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<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">
<P id=PARA154 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">For</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA155 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Against</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA156 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Abstain</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" colSpan=2>
<P id=PARA157 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Broker&nbsp;Non-Votes</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA158 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -8.8pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">65,389,228</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA159 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,355,861</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 20%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA160 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,339,026</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 37%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA161 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,836,525</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA163 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA164 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TR>
<TD style="WIDTH: 36pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA167 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(6)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
<P id=PARA168 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Approval of an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal No.&nbsp;4:</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA169 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA171 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Against</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA172 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Abstain</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA174 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">199,817</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA175 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,334,578</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA240.14 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;</FONT>David G. Kalergis</P></TD>
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dffn20160722_8k.htm
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): July 21, 2016
___________________
DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
000-24477
30-0645032
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2020 Avon Court, #4
Charlottesville, Virginia
22902
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(434) 220-0718
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company") was held on July 21, 2016. A quorum was present at the Annual Meeting. Matters submitted to the stockholders and voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2016 (the "Proxy Statement"), were: (1) to elect five persons to serve as directors until the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified; (2) to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016; (3) to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2015, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement; (4) to approve an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than 1-to-2 and not greater than 1-to-20, with the exact ratio and effective time of the reverse stock split to be determined by the Company's Board of Directors, if at all; (5) to approve an amendment to the Company's 2015 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company's common stock available for issuance thereunder by (i) 2,500,000 shares immediately and (ii) 4.0% of the total shares of the Company's common stock outstanding as of December 31 on each subsequent January 1 through the term of the plan; (6) to approve an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal No. 4.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved the six proposals, and the final results were as follows:
(1)
Election of five persons to serve as directors until the Company's 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified:
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
David G. Kalergis
68,029,515
54,600
1,836,525
John L. Gainer, Ph.D.
68,009,515
74,600
1,836,525
Robert Adams
67,706,908
377,207
1,836,525
Mark T. Giles
68,021,922
62,193
1,836,525
Alan Levin
68,029,515
54,600
1,836,525
(2)
Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016:
For
Against
Abstain
69,864,997
26,512
29,131
(3)
Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2015, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
67,957,053
105,365
21,697
1,836,525
(4)
Approval of an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of the shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of not less than 1-to-2 and not greater than 1-to-20, with the exact ratio and effective time of the reverse stock split to be determined by the Company's Board of Directors, if at all:
For
Against
Abstain
66,540,254
3,371,633
8,753
(5)
Approval of an amendment to the Company's 2015 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company's common stock available for issuance thereunder by (i) 2,500,000 shares immediately and (ii) 4.0% of the total shares of the Company's common stock outstanding as of December 31 on each subsequent January 1 through the term of the plan:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
65,389,228
1,355,861
1,339,026
1,836,525
(6)
Approval of an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of Proposal No. 4:
For
Against
Abstain
68,386,245
199,817
1,334,578
SIGNATURES
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.
Dated: July 22, 2016
DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
By:
/s/
David G. Kalergis
Name: David G. Kalergis
Title: Chief Executive Officer