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 7, 2016
 

GENOCEA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
001-36289
(Commission
File Number)
 
51-0596811
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
Cambridge Discovery Park
100 Acorn Park Drive, 5th Floor
Cambridge, MA
 (Address of principal
executive offices)
 
 
02140
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 876-8191
 
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):
 
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
On June 7, 2016, Genocea Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) held its previously announced Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”), at which a quorum was present. At the Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the two proposals as follows: (i) to elect Ms. Katrine Bosley, Mr. Michael Higgins, and Dr. Stephen Hoffman as Class II members of the board of directors to serve until the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 1”) and (ii) to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 (“Proposal 2”).
 
The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 1. The votes cast at the Meeting were as follows: 
 
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Katrine Bosley
 
18,924,932

 
99,530

 
4,630,173

Michael Higgins
 
17,872,999

 
1,151,463

 
4,630,173

Stephen Hoffman
 
18,909,746

 
114,716

 
4,630,173

 
The Company stockholders approved Proposal 2. The votes cast at the Meeting were as follows: 23,548,583 shares voted for, 30,229 shares voted against and 75,823 shares abstained from voting. There were no broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 2.
 




 

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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.
 
 
GENOCEA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Jonathan Poole
 
 
Jonathan Poole
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date:  June 7, 2016
 





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