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 20, 2014
CEMPRA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35405 | 45-4440364 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer ID Number) |
| 6320 Quadrangle Drive, Suite 360, Chapel Hill, NC | 27517 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (919) 313-6601
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:
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2014 annual meeting of stockholders for Cempra, Inc. was held on May 20, 2014.
At the meeting, our stockholders elected three Class III members to our board of directors, each for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2017, as follows:
| Members |
Number of Shares Voted For |
Number of Shares Withheld (Includes Abstentions) |
Broker Non-Votes |
|||||||||
| Richard Kent, M.D. |
21,427,127 | 22,095 | 4,555,269 | |||||||||
| Garheng Kong, M.D., Ph.D. |
21,425,829 | 23,393 | 4,555,269 | |||||||||
| P. Sherrill Neff |
21,427,190 | 22,032 | 4,555,269 | |||||||||
At the meeting, our stockholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. The vote for such ratification was 25,979,787 shares for, 20,304 shares against, 4,400 shares abstaining and no broker non-votes.
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.
| CEMPRA, INC. | ||||||
| Date: May 22, 2014 | /s/ Mark W. Hahn | |||||
| Mark W. Hahn, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||