Form 8-K

 

 

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 9, 2013

 

 

Repligen Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-14656   04-2729386
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

41 Seyon Street, Bldg. 1, Suite 100, Waltham, MA 02453

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(781) 250-0111

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

The 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Repligen Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 9, 2013. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 9, 2013, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 31,315,280. The number of shares of Common Stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 26,947,242, representing 86% of the total number of shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of Common Stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders were asked (i) to elect the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 and (iii) to vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. The voting results reported below are final.

Proposal 1 Election of the Board of Directors

Glenn L. Cooper, Karen A. Dawes, Alfred L. Goldberg, Michael A. Griffith, Earl Webb Henry, Walter C. Herlihy and Thomas F. Ryan, Jr. were duly elected as the Company’s Board of Directors. The results of the election were as follows:

 

NOMINEE

   FOR      %
FOR
    WITHHELD      %
WITHHELD
    BROKER NON-
VOTES
 

Glenn L. Cooper

     16,691,663         96.76     558,064         3.24     9,697,515   

Karen A. Dawes

     16,726,646         96.97     523,081         3.03     9,697,515   

Alfred L. Goldberg

     16,689,663         96.75     560,064         3.25     9,697,515   

Michael A. Griffith

     16,692,273         96.77     557,454         3.23     9,697,515   

Earl Webb Henry

     16,687,363         96.74     562,364         3.26     9,697,515   

Walter C. Herlihy

     16,691,743         96.77     557,984         3.23     9,697,515   

Thomas F. Ryan, Jr.

     16,687,173         96.74     562,554         3.26     9,697,515   

 

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Proposal 2 – Ratify the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 was ratified. The results of the ratification were as follows:

 

     FOR     AGAINST     ABSTAIN     BROKER NON-
VOTES
 

NUMBER

     26,665,257        205,190        76,795        —     

PERCENTAGE

     98.95     0.76     0.28     —     

Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on Compensation of the Named Executive Officers

The compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis. The results of the vote were as follows:

 

     FOR     AGAINST     ABSTAIN     BROKER NON-
VOTES
 

NUMBER

     16,996,467        183,697        69,563        9,697,515   

PERCENTAGE

     98.53     1.06     0.40  

 

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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.

 

    REPLIGEN CORPORATION
Date: May 10, 2013     By:  

/s/ Walter C. Herlihy

      Walter C. Herlihy
      President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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