UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 2, 2011
MannKind Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-50865 | 13-3607736 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 28903 North Avenue Paine Valencia, California |
91355 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (661) 775-5300
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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On June 8, 2011, MannKind Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Report”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report the voting results of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 2, 2011, including, among other matters, a stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of the stockholder advisory votes on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The sole purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K/A is to disclose, in Item 5.07 thereof, the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will hold an advisory vote on compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, which is included at the end of Item 5.07 below. No other changes have been made to the Original Report.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders, among other matters, indicated on an advisory basis, the preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. As previously reported by the Company, a majority of the votes cast on this proposal were cast in favor of holding an annual advisory vote.
Subsequent to the Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors of the Company determined, in light of and consistent with the indication of the Company’s stockholders as to the preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, to hold a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers each year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
The information reported under Item 5.07 of the Original Report is hereby incorporated by reference.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MANNKIND CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ David Thomson | |
| Name: David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D. | ||
| Title: Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
Dated: August 18, 2011