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 15, 2020

 

 

Personalis, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38943   27-5411038

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1330 O’Brien Drive

Menlo Park, California 94025

  94025
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(650) 752-1300

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share   PSNL   The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☒

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 15, 2020, Personalis, Inc. (the “Company”) virtually held its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Present at the Annual Meeting virtually or by proxy were the holders of 28,904,765 shares of common stock of the Company, representing 91.8% of the 31,474,193 shares of common stock outstanding as of the close of business on March 20, 2020, the record date for the Annual Meeting, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2020. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon and the certified results, including the number of votes cast for or against each matter and, if applicable, the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter.

Proposal 1. Stockholders elected each of the two nominees for Class I director to serve until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders or until his respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. The votes regarding the election of directors were as follows:

 

Director Name

   Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Broker
Non-Votes
 

Patrick Balthrop

     19,407,019        3,377,677        6,120,069  

Kenneth Ludlum

     19,593,692        3,191,004        6,120,069  

Proposal 2. Stockholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The voting results were as follows:

 

Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions
28,739,166    9,070    156,529


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: May 20, 2020     Personalis, Inc.
    By:   /s/ Aaron Tachibana
      Aaron Tachibana
      Chief Financial Officer