Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

 

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 16, 2016

 

CombiMatrix Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware		001-33523		47-0899439
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

310 Goddard, Suite 150, Irvine, CA		92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code [phone]

 

N/A
(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:

 

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

 

The Company held its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders on June 16, 2016. The following proposals were approved according to the following final voting results:

 

To elect the six (6) directors named in the proxy statement to serve until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

 

Director Candidate		For				Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Scott Gottlieb, M.D.			269,777				173,189				568,477
Robert E. Hoffman			269,614				173,352				568,477
R. Judd Jessup			238,987				203,979				568,477
Jeremy M. Jones			270,542				172,424				568,477
Mark McDonough			274,241				168,725				568,477
Lâle White			278,276				164,690				568,477

 

To ratify the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016:

 

For			980,045
Against			25,744
Abstain			5,654
Broker Non-Votes			0

 

To approve an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary and appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the annual meeting to approve any of the proposals:

 

For			520,474
Against			488,867
Abstain			2,102
Broker Non-Votes			5,654

 

The following proposals were not approved according to the following final voting results:

 

To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for grant thereunder by 300,000 shares, from 200,000 shares to 500,000 shares, and to effect various other changes thereunder:

 

For			116,014
Against			209,098
Abstain			117,854
Broker Non-Votes			568,477

 

To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

For			142,535
Against			178,036
Abstain			122,395
Broker Non-Votes			568,477

 

 

 

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.

 

	COMBIMATRIX CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Dated: June 21, 2016	/s/ SCOTT R. BURELL
	Scott R. Burell, Chief Financial Officer