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): May 12, 2015

 

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

1180 Veterans Boulevard

South San Francisco, CA 94080

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

94080

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 624-1100

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07.             Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company was held on May 12, 2015. The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the Annual Meeting, as well as the number of votes cast for or against each matter and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter.  A more complete description of each matter is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2015.

 

·                  Each of the three directors proposed by the Company for re-election was elected by the following votes to serve until the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his respective successor has been elected and qualified.  The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:

 

Nominee		Shares Voted For		Shares Withheld
Raul R. Rodriguez		56,483,731		530,600
Gary A. Lyons		45,690,307		11,324,024
Donald G. Payan, M.D.		54,938,962		2,075,369

 

There were 14,597,879 broker non-votes for this matter.

 

·                  The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows: shares voted for: 56,527,155; shares voted against: 254,789; shares abstaining: 232,387; and broker non-votes: 14,597,879.

 

·                  The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

 

The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows: shares voted for: 69,413,363; shares voted against: 2,063,159; and shares abstaining: 135,688.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: May 15, 2015	RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Dolly A. Vance
		Dolly A. Vance
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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