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 17, 2014

 

CombiMatrix Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-33523

 

47-0899439

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

310 Goddard, Suite 150, Irvine, CA

 

92618

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (949) 753-0624

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 



 

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

 

CombiMatrix Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders on June 17, 2014. The following proposals were approved according to the following final voting results:

 

To elect the six (6) directors named in the proxy statement to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:

 

Director Candidate

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R. Judd Jessup

 

1,901,948

 

312,992

 

4,902,017

 

Scott Gottlieb, M.D.

 

2,010,062

 

204,878

 

4,902,017

 

Wei Richard Ding

 

1,903,255

 

311,685

 

4,902,017

 

Jeremy M. Jones

 

1,996,557

 

218,383

 

4,902,017

 

Robert E. Hoffman

 

1,996,678

 

218,262

 

4,902,017

 

Mark McDonough

 

1,993,403

 

221,537

 

4,902,017

 

 

To approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock available for grant thereunder by 848,154 shares, from 1,151,846 shares to 2,000,000 shares, and to effect various other improvements thereunder:

 

For

 

1,429,438

 

64.54

%

Against

 

754,605

 

34.07

%

Abstain

 

30,897

 

1.39

%

Broker Non-Votes

 

4,902,017

 

 

 

To ratify the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014:

 

For

 

6,605,471

 

92.81

%

Against

 

296,776

 

4.17

%

Abstain

 

214,710

 

3.02

%

Broker Non-Votes

 

0

 

 

 

The following proposal was not approved according to the following final voting result because it did not receive the affirmative vote of a majority, or 5,531,624, of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock:

 

To approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance from 25,000,000 to 35,000,000 shares:

 

For

 

4,611,394

 

41.68

%

Against

 

2,491,495

 

22.52

%

Abstain

 

14,068

 

0.13

%

Broker Non-Votes

 

0

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

COMBIMATRIX CORPORATION

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Dated: June 20, 2014

 

/s/ SCOTT R. BURELL

 

 

Scott R. Burell, Chief Financial Officer

 

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