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): September 10, 2019
MICROBOT MEDICAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-19871 | 94-3078125 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
25 Recreation Park Drive, Unit 108
Hingham, Massachusetts 02043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 875-3605
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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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, $0.01 par value | MBOT | NASDAQ Capital Market |
Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On September 10, 2019, as approved by the stockholders of Microbot Medical Inc. (the “Company”) at the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders held on September 10, 2019 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a reduction in the authorized number of shares of capital stock the Company is authorized to issue from 221,000,000 to 61,000,000, including a reduction in the number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 220,000,000 to 60,000,000 (the “Certificate of Amendment”).
The foregoing description of the Certificate of Amendment is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders voted on the following three proposals and cast their votes as described below. The proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement”).
Proposal 1: | Election of the three nominees listed below to serve as Class I Directors on the Board of Directors of the Company until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified: |
Name | Number of Votes Cast in Favor | Number of Votes Cast Against | Number of Votes Abstained | |||||||||
Harel Gadot | 1,039,328 | 26,495 | 5,023 | |||||||||
Yoav Waizer | 836,833 | 228,823 | 5,190 | |||||||||
Martin Madden | 1,043,954 | 21,738 | 5,154 |
Proposal 2: | The ratification of Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co., a Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, or its U.S. affiliate, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019: |
Number of Votes Cast in Favor | Number of Votes Cast Against | Number of Votes Abstained | ||||||||
2,690,528 | 91,242 | 21,529 |
Proposal 3. | The approval of an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to effect a reduction in the authorized number of shares of capital stock the Company is authorized to issue from 221,000,000 to 61,000,000, including a reduction in the number of authorized shares of common stock of Microbot from 220,000,000 to 60,000,000: |
Number of Votes Cast in Favor | Number of Votes Cast Against | Number of Votes Abstained | ||||||||
2,584,796 | 202,309 | 16,194 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit | Description | |
3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation |
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.
MICROBOT MEDICAL INC. | ||
By: | /s/Harel Gadot | |
Name: | Harel Gadot | |
Title: | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
Date: September 11, 2019