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 26, 2016

VITAE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 461-2000

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):

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

At the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of the Company held on May 26, 2016, the following proposals were submitted to the stockholders of the Company:

For more information about the foregoing proposals, see the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2016 (the “Proxy Statement”). Of the 22,156,138 shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, 17,853,316 shares, or approximately 80.57%, were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as abstentions and broker non-votes, if applicable, in respect of each such proposal is set forth below:

The Company’s stockholders elected the following three directors to serve as Class II directors until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The votes regarding the election of the directors were as follows:

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

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SIGNATURE

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.

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