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, 2020
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 001-36287 | 26-1388364 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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10 Mall Road, Suite 301 Burlington, Massachusetts | | 01803 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (781) 305-7777
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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 | | FLXN | | 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).
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Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (“Flexion”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 10, 2020. At the Annual Meeting, Flexion’s stockholders (i) elected the three Class III directors to serve on the Board of Directors of Flexion (the “Board”) until Flexion’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor has been duly elected and qualified, or, if sooner, until the director’s death, resignation or removal; (ii) ratified the selection, by the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”), of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Flexion’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2020; and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Flexion’s named executive officers, as disclosed in Flexion’s 2020 Proxy Statement. There were 38,562,504 outstanding shares eligible to vote as of April 13, 2020, the record date for the Annual Meeting.
The directors elected to the Board, as well as the number of votes cast for, votes withheld and broker non-votes with respect to each of these individuals, are set forth below:
Director | | For | | Withheld | | Broker Non-Votes |
Heath Lukatch, Ph.D. | | | 22,805,055 | | | 2,349,594 | | | 9,396,941 |
Patrick J. Mahaffy | | | 21,731,460 | | | 3,423,189 | | | 9,396,941 |
Alan W. Milinazzo | | | 22,816,731 | | | 2,337,918 | | | 9,396,941 |
The proposal to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Flexion’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 received the following votes:
For | | | Against | | | Abstentions | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
34,463,501 | | | 49,305 | | | 38,784 | | | 0 | |
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Flexion’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2020 Proxy Statement received the following votes:
For | | | Against | | | Abstentions | | | Broker Non-Votes |
20,786,732 | | | 3,763,181 | | | 604,736 | | | 9,396,941 |
Each of the foregoing voting results from the Annual Meeting is final.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| | Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. |
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Date: June 11, 2020 | | By: | /s/ Mark S. Levine |
| | | Mark S. Levine |
| | | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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