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 11, 2014
bluebird bio, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 001-35966 | 13-3680878 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 150 Second Street Cambridge, MA |
02141 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (339) 499-9300
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On June 11, 2014, bluebird bio, Inc. (the “Company”) held its previously announced Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”), at which a quorum was present. At the Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the two proposals as follows: (i) to elect Steven Gillis and Nick Leschly as Class I members of the board of directors to serve until the Company’s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (“Proposal 1”) and (ii) to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 (“Proposal 2”).
The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 1. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows:
| • | On the election of Steven Gillis as a Class I director – 20,553,755 shares voted for and 7,389 shares withheld. |
| • | On the election of Nick Leschly as a Class I director – 20,553,775 shares voted for and 7,369 shares withheld. |
The Company stockholders approved Proposal 2. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows: 20,554,380 shares voted for, 6,764 shares voted against and zero shares abstained from voting. There were zero broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 2.
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.
| Date: June 11, 2014 | bluebird bio, Inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Jason F. Cole | |||||
| Jason F. Cole | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||||||