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 21, 2015
COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36721 | 27-3615821 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94065
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 649-3530
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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 21, 2015. On the March 31, 2015 record date, there were 33,701,017 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding with each such share being entitled to one vote per share.
At the Annual Meeting, 23,371,386 shares of the Company’s common stock were voted in person or by proxy for the two proposals set forth below, each of which is described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2015.
Proposal 1. The Company’s stockholders elected the Class I director nominees below to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected.
| NOMINEE |
FOR | WITHHELD | BROKER NON-VOTES |
|||||||||
| Christos Richards |
20,751,027 | 1,949,468 | 670,891 | |||||||||
| August J. Troendle, M.D. |
22,327,303 | 373,192 | 670,891 | |||||||||
Proposal 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.
| FOR |
AGAINST |
ABSTAIN | ||
| 22,940,496 | 420,155 | 10,735 |
SIGNATURES
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: May 27, 2015 | COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Jean-Frédéric Viret | |||||
| Name: | Jean-Frédéric Viret | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||