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): May 21, 2015
Repligen Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-14656 | 04-2729386 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
41 Seyon Street, Bldg. 1, Suite 100, Waltham, MA 02453
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 250-0111
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held on May 21, 2015. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 17, 2015, 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, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 32,851,500. The number of shares of Common Stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 29,822,160, representing 90.77% of the total number of 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 the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 and (iii) to vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.
The voting results reported below are final.
Proposal 1 – Election of the Board of Directors
Nicolas M. Barthelemy, Glenn L. Cooper, John G. Cox, Karen A. Dawes, Alfred L. Goldberg, Tony J. Hunt and Thomas F. Ryan, Jr. were duly elected as the Company’s Board of Directors. The results of the election were as follows:
| NOMINEE |
FOR | % FOR | WITHHELD | % WITHHELD | BROKER NON-VOTES |
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| Nicolas M. Barthelemy |
24,775,940 | 99.28 | % | 179,125 | 0.72 | % | 4,867,095 | |||||||||||||
| Glenn L. Cooper |
24,780,942 | 99.30 | % | 174,123 | 0.70 | % | 4,867,095 | |||||||||||||
| John G. Cox |
24,778,965 | 99.29 | % | 176,100 | 0.71 | % | 4,867,095 | |||||||||||||
| Karen A. Dawes |
24,073,935 | 96.47 | % | 881,130 | 3.53 | % | 4,867,095 | |||||||||||||
| Alfred L. Goldberg |
24,774,394 | 99.28 | % | 180,671 | 0.72 | % | 4,867,095 | |||||||||||||
| Tony J. Hunt |
24,777,911 | 99.29 | % | 177,154 | 0.71 | % | 4,867,095 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas F. Ryan, Jr. |
23,956,371 | 96.00 | % | 998,694 | 4.00 | % | 4,867,095 | |||||||||||||
Proposal 2 – Ratify the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||||||||||
| NUMBER |
29,508,735 | 225,486 | 87,939 | |||||||||||
| PERCENTAGE OF VOTED |
98.94 | % | 0.75 | % | 0.29 | % | ||||||||
Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Named Executive Officers
The compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis. The results of the vote were as follows:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES |
|||||||||||||
| NUMBER |
23,816,923 | 640,841 | 497,301 | 4,867,095 | ||||||||||||
| PERCENTAGE OF VOTED |
95.43 | % | 2.56 | % | 1.99 | % | ||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| REPLIGEN CORPORATION | ||||
| Date: May 22, 2015 | By: | /s/ Tony J. Hunt | ||
| Tony J. Hunt | ||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||