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 14, 2023
HOMOLOGY MEDICINES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38433 | 47-3468154 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One Patriots Park Bedford, MA | 01730 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
(781) 301-7277
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | FIXX | 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 14, 2023, Homology Medicines, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A total of 45,565,496 shares of common stock were present online or represented by proxy at the meeting, representing approximately 78.84% percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the April 17, 2023 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 28, 2023.
Item 1 - Election of two Class II Directors to serve until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.
| NOMINEE | Votes FOR | Votes WITHHELD | Broker Non-Votes | |||
Steven Gillis, Ph.D. | 32,246,621 | 2,619,932 | 10,698,943 | |||
Albert Seymour, Ph.D. | 34,681,867 | 184,686 | 10,698,943 |
Item 2 - Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
Votes FOR | Votes AGAINST | Votes ABSTAINED | Broker Non-Votes | |||
44,765,597 | 108,239 | 691,660 | 0 |
Based on the foregoing votes, Steven Gillis, Ph.D. and Albert Seymour, Ph.D. 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.
| HOMOLOGY MEDICINES, INC. | ||||||
Date: June 14, 2023 | By: | /s/ Paul Alloway | ||||
| Paul Alloway | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||||||