UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 4, 2020
TELA Bio, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 3841 | 45-5320061 | |||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||
1 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 24, Malvern, Pennsylvania | 19355 | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (484) 320-2930
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Exchange on Which Registered | ||
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | TELA | Nasdaq Global Market |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On June 4, 2020, at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of TELA Bio, Inc. (the “Company”), the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “A&R 2019 Plan”) to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 555,343 shares.
A detailed summary of the material features of the A&R 2019 Plan is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”) under the caption “Items to Be Voted On—Item 3: Approval of Our Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan,” which description is incorporated herein by reference.
The descriptions of the A&R 2019 Plan contained herein and in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the A&R 2019 Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 4, 2020, the Company held its Annual Meeting virtually. As of April 8, 2020, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 11,407,998 outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. The following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the Annual Meeting, which are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.
(a)Proposal 1 – Election of Class I Directors. Each of Lisa Colleran and Doug Evans were elected to the Board of Directors to serve as Class I directors until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as follows:
Director Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
Lisa Colleran | 9,013,564 | 38,929 | 313,549 | |||||||||
Doug Evans | 9,048,829 | 3,664 | 313,549 |
(b)Proposal 2 – Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountants. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2020 fiscal year was ratified, as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | ||||||||
9,365,169 | 319 | 554 |
(c)Proposal 3 – Approval of the Adoption of the Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.The A&R 2019 Plan was approved, as follows:
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
8,535,630 | 393,528 | 123,335 | 313,549 |
No further business was brought before the Annual Meeting.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
Exhibit No. | Document | |
10.1 | TELA Bio, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan |
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.
TELA BIO, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Antony Koblish | |
Name: | Antony Koblish | |
Title: | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Date: June 5, 2020