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 19, 2016

 

INSMED INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Virginia

 

0-30739

 

54-1972729

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)

 

10 Finderne Avenue, Building 10
Bridgewater, New Jersey

 

08807

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 977-9900

 

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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)

 

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

 

On May 19, 2016, the Company held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, a total of 61,870,206 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote as of March 28, 2016, the record date for the Annual Meeting. There were 59,424,775 shares present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, at which the shareholders were asked to vote on two proposals. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the shareholders, and the final voting results of each such proposal.

 

Proposal 1.  Election of Directors.

 

Shareholders of the Company elected Alfred F. Altomari, Steinar J. Engelsen, M.D. and William H. Lewis to serve as Class I directors on the Board for a three-year term expiring on the date of the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The results of the vote taken at the Annual Meeting with respect to the election of Alfred F. Altomari, Steinar J. Engelsen, M.D. and William H. Lewis as Class I directors were as follows:

 

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfred F. Altomari

 

46,512,854

 

425,828

 

12,486,093

 

Steinar J. Engelsen, M.D.

 

44,974,373

 

1,964,309

 

12,486,093

 

William H. Lewis

 

46,810,325

 

128,357

 

12,486,093

 

 

Proposal 2.  Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

The shareholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016. The voting results were as follows:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP

 

58,809,639

 

603,694

 

11,442

 

 

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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.

 

 

Dated: May 19, 2016

INSMED INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christine Pellizzari

 

Name:

Christine Pellizzari

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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