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): June 10, 2015
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 001-35837 | 20-5276217 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 480 Arsenal Street, Suite 110, Watertown, Massachusetts |
02472 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 715-3600
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on June 10, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted in the following manner with respect to the following proposals:
1. The election of Directors as class II directors, each to serve for a three-year term expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders.
| For | Withheld | Broker Non- Votes |
||||||||||
| Jeffrey Chodakewitz |
22,374,181 | 136,982 | 4,353,775 | |||||||||
| Gerri Henwood |
22,366,916 | 144,247 | 4,353,775 | |||||||||
| Guy Macdonald |
22,391,408 | 119,755 | 4,353,775 | |||||||||
2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.
| For: |
26,622,728 | |||
| Against: |
219,249 | |||
| Abstain: |
22,961 | |||
| Broker Non-Votes: |
0 |
SIGNATURE
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.
| By: | /s/ Maria D. Stahl | |||||
| Date: June 16, 2015 | Maria D. Stahl | |||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel |