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 18, 2015
Foundation Medicine, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 001-36086 | 27-1316416 | ||
| (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 (617) 418-2200
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.
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Foundation Medicine, Inc. (the “Company”) held on June 18, 2015, all proposals brought before the meeting and requiring approval were approved by the requisite vote. The votes with respect to each proposal are set forth below.
| 1. | Proposal 1: Election of Directors |
| Nominee | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Alexis Borisy |
24,839,926 | 1,809,111 | 1,406 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
| Sandra Horning, M.D. |
24,085,325 | 2,563,831 | 1,287 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
| Evan Jones |
23,533,014 | 3,115,973 | 1,456 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
| Daniel O’Day |
24,083,296 | 2,565,841 | 1,306 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Pellini, M.D. |
25,336,888 | 1,312,249 | 1,306 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
| David Schenkein, M.D. |
26,218,367 | 430,620 | 1,456 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Varney, Ph.D. |
24,086,159 | 2,562,828 | 1,456 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
| Krishna Yeshwant, M.D. |
26,577,275 | 71,460 | 1,708 | 6,641,811 | ||||||||||||
Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the Director nominees listed above were elected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
| 2. | Proposal 2: Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
| For: |
33,286,505 | |||
| Against: |
903 | |||
| Abstain: |
4,846 |
Pursuant to the foregoing votes, the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2015 was ratified and approved.
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 23, 2015 | FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Robert Hesslein | |||||
| Robert Hesslein | ||||||
| Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||