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 14, 2017

BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

35 Wilbur Street
Lynbrook, NY 11563
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

516.593.7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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INTRODUCTORY COMMENT

Throughout this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “Company” refer to BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.

ITEM 5.07. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

The 2017 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “2017 Annual Meeting”) was held on June 14, 2017. At the 2017 Annual Meeting, the holders of 6,736,339 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy, thereby constituting a quorum.

Set forth below are the final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company at the 2017 Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1. The stockholders of the Company elected Dr. Mark Wegman, Toby Wegman and Jennifer Chao to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until such person resigns, is removed, or otherwise leaves office. The votes were cast as follows:

Proposal 2. The stockholders of the Company approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2017.

Proposal 3. The stockholders of the Company approved, on an advisory basis, one-year intervals for the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officer.

Proposal 4. The stockholders of the Company approved the ratification of the appointment of EisnerAmper LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The votes were cast as follows:

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.