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
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 14, 2017 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 I Directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to hold office for three-year terms expiring at the 2020 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 | |||||||||
| Thomas R. Baruch |
23,774,009 | 1,711,193 | 16,809,585 | |||||||||
| Pam P. Cheng |
25,337,914 | 147,288 | 16,809,585 | |||||||||
| Patrick Y. Yang |
25,042,633 | 442,569 | 16,809,585 | |||||||||
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, 2017:
| Number of Votes | ||||
| For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 42,180,150 |
94,641 | 19,996 | ||
Proposal 3
To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the following resolution relating to the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:
“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to Codexis, Inc.’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of stockholders pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the disclosure under the heading ‘Executive Compensation,’ is hereby approved.”
| Number of Votes | ||||||
| For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 24,799,277 |
576,471 | 109,454 | 16,809,585 | |||
Proposal 4
To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation for the Company’s named executive officers:
| Number of Votes | ||||||||
| Every Three Years |
Every Two Years |
Every One Year |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| 13,403,610 |
244,446 | 11,778,338 | 58,808 | 16,809,585 | ||||
Consistent with the recommendation of the Board, a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote voted to hold future advisory votes on compensation for the Company’s named executive officers every three years, and the Company has determined to continue to hold non-binding, advisory votes on compensation for the Company’s named executive officers every three years.
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, 2017
| CODEXIS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Gordon Sangster | |
| Name: | Gordon Sangster | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |