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 18, 2020
SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-37465 | 27-4326290 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 200 Sidney Street Cambridge, MA |
02139 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (617) 945-9626
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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, par value $0.001 per share | MCRB | The Nasdaq Global Select 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).
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 18, 2020, Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A total of 66,492,568 shares of the Company’s common stock were present electronically or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 92.1% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the April 21, 2020 record date. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which were described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2020.
Item 1 — Election of three Class II directors to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
| NOMINEE | Votes FOR | Votes WITHHELD | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Stephen A. Berenson |
59,514,136 | 1,438,111 | 5,540,321 | |||
| Richard N. Kender |
50,746,788 | 10,205,459 | 5,540,321 | |||
| Meryl S. Zausner |
50,071,707 | 10,880,540 | 5,540,321 |
Item 2 — Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020.
| Votes FOR | Votes AGAINST | Votes ABSTAINED | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 66,388,045 |
76,899 | 27,624 | 0 |
Based on the foregoing votes, Stephen A. Berenson, Richard N. Kender, and Meryl S. Zausner were elected as Class II directors and Item 2 was approved.
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.
| SERES THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: June 22, 2020 | By: | /s/ Thomas J. DesRosier | ||||||
| Name: | Thomas J. DesRosier | |||||||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President | |||||||