UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 9, 2016
PROTEON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36323 | 20-4580525 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
200 West Street
Waltham, MA 02451
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 890-0102
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Introductory Comment
| Throughout this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “Company” refer to Proteon Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
| (a) The Company’s annual meeting of stockholders was held on June 9, 2016. | |
| (b) The stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for directors and ratified the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The tabulation of votes for each proposal is as follows: | |
| Proposal 1 – Election of Directors |
| For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||
| Hubert Birner, Ph.D. | 12,433,823 | 334,395 | 832,083 | |
| Stuart A. Kingsley | 12,758,146 | 10,072 | 832,083 |
| Proposal 2 – Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
| For | Against | Abstentions | ||
| 13,585,449 | 14,852 | 0 |
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 13, 2016
| Proteon Therapeutics, Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Timothy P. Noyes | ||
| Name: | Timothy P. Noyes | ||
| Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | ||