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 15, 2016

 

 

Codexis, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34705   71-0872999

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

200 Penobscot Drive

Redwood City, CA 94063

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(650) 421-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

Codexis, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 15, 2016 in Redwood City, California. The results of the matters voted on by the Company’s stockholders are set forth immediately below.

Proposal 1

To elect three Class III Directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office for three-year terms expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal:

 

       Number of Votes

Name of Nominee

    

For

    

Withheld

    

Broker Non-Votes

Byron L. Dorgan

     21,560,488      1,231,951      10,579,063

David V. Smith

     22,744,930           47,509      10,579,063

Dennis P. Wolf

     21,569,036      1,223,403      10,579,063

Proposal 2

To ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016:

 

Number of Votes

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

33,194,596

   40,705    136,201


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.

Date: June 16, 2016

 

CODEXIS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gordon Sangster

Name:    Gordon Sangster
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer