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 2, 2016

 

OvaScience, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-35890

 

45-1472564

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

9 Fourth Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts

 

02451

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 500-2802

 

 

(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):

 

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

 

(a)                                 On June 2, 2016, the Company held its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Of 27,308,779 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of April 8, 2016, a quorum of 22,228,379 shares, or 81.4% of the outstanding shares, was present in person or represented by proxy.

 

(b)                                 The following actions were taken at the Annual Meeting:

 

1. The following nominees were reelected to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors as Class I Directors until the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, based on the following votes:

 

Nominee

 

Voted For

 

Withheld
Authority

 

Broker
Non-Vote

 

Harald Stock, Ph.D.

 

17,239,408

 

393,038

 

4,595,933

 

John Howe III, M.D.

 

16,441,369

 

1,191,077

 

4,595,933

 

Marc Kozin

 

17,529,466

 

102,980

 

4,595,933

 

 

After the Annual Meeting, Richard Aldrich, Mary Fischer and John Sexton, Ph.D., continued to serve as Class II Directors for terms that expire at the 2017 annual meeting and Michelle Dipp, Ph.D., Jeffrey D. Capello and Thomas Malley continued to serve as Class III Directors for terms that expire at the 2018 annual meeting.

 

2. The selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was ratified, based on the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

22,040,872

 

170,237

 

17,270

 

0

 

 

3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement, based on the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

15,373,840

 

135,988

 

2,122,618

 

4,595,933

 

 

4. Approval, on an advisory basis, of holding an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year, based on the following votes:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

 

15,529,476

 

1,512,449

 

583,305

 

7,216

 

 

(d)

 

Consistent with the recommendation of the board of directors in the proxy statement filed on April 18, 2016 and the stockholder votes at the Annual Meeting, the board of directors has determined to hold a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers every year until the earlier of (i) the next required vote on the frequency of such advisory vote, which is currently expected to be held at our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders; or (ii) such date that the board of directors decides to hold the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of such advisory votes.

 

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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.

 

 

OVASCIENCE, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 3, 2016

/s/ Jeffrey E. Young

 

Jeffrey E. Young

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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