UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2011
EXELIXIS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-30235 | 04-3257395 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
210 East Grand Ave.
South San Francisco, California 94080
(Address of principal executive offices, and including zip code)
(650) 837-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Explanatory Note
This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment (“Amendment No. 1”) to the current report on Form 8-K filed by Exelixis, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2011 (the “Original Filing”). The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation. No other changes have been made to the Original Filing.
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
In light of the voting results concerning the frequency with which stockholders will be provided an advisory vote on executive compensation that were delivered at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 18, 2011 and certain other factors, the Company has determined that it will include a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers in its proxy materials annually until the Company holds the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of such advisory votes. The Company is required to hold votes on such frequency every six years.
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.
| Date: September 30, 2011 | EXELIXIS, INC. | |
| /s/ James B. Bucher | ||
| Vice President, Corporate Legal Affairs and Secretary | ||