Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Form 8-K)

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the 'Annual Meeting') of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the 'Company') was held on June 16, 2021. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company's proxy statement filed on April 27, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The number of shares of the Company's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share ('Common Stock'), entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 21,625,891. The number of shares of Common Stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 14,089,054, representing a majority of the shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of Common Stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders were asked (i) to elect two Class I directors to the Company's Board of Directors (the 'Board'), each to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successor is duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal, and (ii) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

The voting results reported below are final.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors

Michael Powell, Ph.D. and Nilesh Kumar, Ph.D., were duly elected to the Company's Board as Class I directors. The results of the election were as follows:

NOMINEE		FOR			AGAINST			ABSTAIN			BROKER NON-VOTES
Michael Powell, Ph.D.			12,465,032				400,688				411,957				811,377
Nilesh Kumar, Ph.D.			12,620,635				245,085				411,957				811,377

Proposal 2 - Ratify the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:

		FOR			AGAINST			ABSTAIN
NUMBER			14,061,659				25,185				2,210

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