Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
Articles of Incorporation
As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Neuronetics, Inc. (the “Company”), stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide that any of the Company’s directors or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors (the “Charter Amendment”). On May 30, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to implement the Charter Amendment. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Bylaws
Effective on May 28, 2019 and immediately following the approval of the Charter Amendment, the board of directors of the Company approved an amendment to Section 20 of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws to provide that any of the Company’s directors or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. A copy of such bylaw amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Company held the Annual Meeting on May 28, 2019. A total of 16,508,129 shares of common stock, representing approximately 90.58% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meetings are as follows:
Proposal 1: All of the nominees for director were elected to serve aone-year term until the 2020 Annual Meeting, or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:
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Nominees | | For | | | Withheld | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
Cheryl Blanchard | | | 13,792,131 | | | | 5,633 | | | | 2,710,365 | |
Stephen Campe | | | 12,854,974 | | | | 942,790 | | | | 2,710,365 | |
Brian Farley | | | 12,850,739 | | | | 947,025 | | | | 2,710,365 | |
Wilfred Jaeger | | | 13,740,592 | | | | 57,172 | | | | 2,710,365 | |
Glenn Muir | | | 13,792,431 | | | | 5,333 | | | | 2,710,365 | |
Chris Thatcher | | | 13,792,420 | | | | 5,344 | | | | 2,710,365 | |
Proposal 2: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 was ratified by the Company’s stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below:
| | | | |
For | | Against | | Abstained |
16,452,919 | | 54,970 | | 240 |
Proposal 3: The amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to permit removal of a member of the Company’s board of directors with or without cause by a majority vote of the stockholders was approved by the votes set forth in the table below:
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For | | Against | | Abstain | | Broker Non-Votes |
13,780,505 | | 17,059 | | 200 | | 2,710,365 |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d)Exhibits.