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, 2015
Senomyx, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
000-50791 (Commission File Number) |
33-0843840 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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4767 Nexus Centre Drive (Address of principal executive offices) |
92121 (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (858) 646-8300
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.
Our 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or our Annual Meeting, was held on May 20, 2015. We had 43,726,549 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of March 26, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 37,867,099 shares of common stock were present in person or represented by proxy for the two proposals specified below.
At the Annual Meeting, stockholders:
(1) elected for the ensuing year all eight of the director nominees listed below; and
(2) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015;
The following sets forth detailed information regarding the final results of the voting for the Annual Meeting:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
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Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
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Roger D. Billingsley, Ph.D. |
21,955,398 | 233,601 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
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Stephen A. Block, Esq. |
21,829,604 | 359,395 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
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Mary Ann Gray, Ph.D. |
20,534,352 | 1,654,647 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
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Michael E. Herman |
21,890,675 | 298,324 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
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John Poyhonen |
21,404,201 | 784,798 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
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Jay M. Short, PhD. |
21,750,557 | 438,442 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
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Kent Snyder |
21,539,559 | 649,440 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
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Christopher Twomey |
21,950,934 | 238,065 | 15,678,100 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Ratification of selection of independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015
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For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker |
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Votes: |
37,293,860 | 440,743 | 132,496 | — | ||||||||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
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SENOMYX, INC. | |
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By: |
/S/ CATHERINE LEE |
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Catherine Lee |
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Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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Date: May 27, 2015 |
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