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 4, 2013

 

IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34620

 

04-3404176

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

(Commission file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

 

 

 

301 Binney Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

 

 

02142

(Address of principal

executive offices)

 

 

 

(Zip code)

 

(617) 621-7722

(Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code)

 

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.

 

On June 4, 2013, at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”), the stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals:

 

·      Re-election of four Class III directors of the Company, each to serve a three year term; and

 

·      Ratification of the audit committee’s selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013.

 

The results are as follows:

 

1.            The stockholders re-elected Marsha H. Fanucci, Terrance G. McGuire, Edward P. Owens and Christopher T. Walsh as Class III directors, each to serve on the board of directors of the Company for a three year term until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2016 or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:

 

Director Nominee

 

          For          

 

      Withheld      

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marsha H. Fanucci

 

84,097,335

 

      293,815

 

8,305,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terrance G. McGuire

 

84,005,894

 

      385,256

 

8,305,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edwards P. Owens

 

83,633,063

 

      758,087

 

8,305,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher T. Walsh

 

72,954,181

 

11,436,969

 

8,305,662

 

 

2.            The stockholders ratified the audit committee’s selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013, based on the following votes:

 

          For          

 

        Against        

 

        Abstain        

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,538,812

 

156,339

 

1,661

 

0

 



 

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.

 

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: June 5, 2013

By:

/s/ Halley E. Gilbert

 

 

 

Name:

Halley E. Gilbert

 

 

Title:

Vice President, Legal Affairs and

 

 

 

General Counsel