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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 28, 2024

 

 

OCUGEN, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   001-36751   04-3522315

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

11 Great Valley Parkway

Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

(484) 328-4701

(Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers, including area code, of principal executive offices)

 

 

N/A

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 per share   OCGN  

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

(The Nasdaq Capital 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).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

On June 28, 2024, Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually at 8:00 a.m. ET. At the Annual Meeting, a total of 107,738,208 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), and 107,845,946,208 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Series C Preferred Stock”), were represented virtually or by proxy. Each whole share of Series C Preferred Stock entitles the holder to one million votes per share.

 

The following is a brief description of the final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting on June 28, 2024:

 

(a) Proposal 1 - Election of Two Class I Directors. The stockholders elected each director nominee to the Board of Directors to serve as a director until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor, if any, is elected or appointed, or upon their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal, as follows:

 

Name   For     Withheld     Broker Non-Votes  
Shankar Musunuri, Ph. D., MBA   55,840,122     5,447,583     46,450,503  
Junge Zhang, Ph. D.   54,459,369     6,828,336     46,450,503  

 

(b) Proposal 2 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountant. The Company withdrew the proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year.

 

(c) Proposal 3 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as follows:

 

Votes For     Votes Against   Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
 48,751,037     10,722,166   1,814,502     46,450,503  

 

(d) Proposal 4 – Approval of an amendment to the Company’s charter to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted by recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the ‘DGCL”), as follows:

 

Votes For     Votes Against   Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
49,000,962     10,333,187   1,953,556     46,450,503  

 

The stockholders did not approve this proposal.

 

(e) Proposal 5 – Approval of an amendment to the Company’s charter to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, as follows:

 

Votes For     Votes Against   Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
80,474,755,361     25,535,231,721   1,835,959,126     0  

 

The stockholders approved this proposal.

 

(f) Proposal 6 – Approval of an amendment to the Company’s charter to adjust voting requirements for certain future amendments to the Company’s charter in accordance with recent amendments to Section 242(d) of the DGCL, as follows:

 

Votes For     Votes Against   Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
48,904,416,560     10,061,624,573   2,382,951,572     46,496,953,503  

 

 

 

 

 

The stockholders did not approve this proposal.

 

(g) Proposal 7 – Approval of an adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Annual Meeting to approve all proceeding, as follows:

 

Votes For     Votes Against   Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
87,974,708     17,570,043   2,193,457     0  
                   

 

The stockholders approved this proposal.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 28, 2024

 

  OCUGEN, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Shankar Musunuri
  Name: Shankar Musunuri
  Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & Co-Founder